For those who chose the route, what meds do you take?

actually it is. i'v found that being sober. no doctor drugs. no weed. no booze. no caffiene. no nicotine. nothing. = the best option

the best option= exercising and going out in nature. even in someone is stuck in their mind they can go take a nice bike ride out to a cool nature spot sit down and relax. exercise rehabilitates the mind. exercise wakes a person up and allows a mind to have more mental focus but only if you don't do drugs. also if you do intense exercise and push yourself through the fatigue and pain you release a natural drug in your mind that gives a similiar high to an opiate.

use whatever issues you have to motivate you to exercise longer and harder than an average person. also never under-estimate reading books. if you mind a good fiction novel it very good for the mind. you like movies right? books are better. some say theres no books they like but most who say that seen like 100 movies+. well therse probaly just as many books that are more entertaining than those movies.

 

well.... were you like that before you took medication? cus you do know after taking that medication for so long it does change your brain chemistry so once you get off them your chemicals are very off and your brain needs time to heal so in the mean time your gonna feel sketchy.

if you were like that before you took medication why? why would you become so agitated and delusional? you gotta understand other people have problems too but were not all gonna post are personal stories up on here. but with that some people can handle certain situations and some people are not mentally strong and they break down under pressure.

but imo no one should do those phramacy drugs. cus any person has an ability to heal from their problems. it may not be easy but if you do drugs you will NEVER heal.

 

Yeah, bud. You give me some tips besides exercising and hiking (which I both do). And, yeah, I was that bad before the "Drugs." That is obviously why I was put on them. And don't you dare call me "not mentally strong" you condescending egoist.

 

I take lots of meds. I do need them. They are a life saver for me!

I'm a mixture of bipolar and schizophrenia.

Both my parents were mentally ill.

My dad disowned me on xmas day. My mom killed herself on a easter sunday.

My childhood was filled with physical and emotional abuse from both parents.

I became really ill when I was 23. I was hospitalized when I was 24. Spent close to a month in the hospital and 6 months in treatment and a half way house (all court ordered.)

Don't even try to tell me I'm brainwashed. I know better.

To all of you who are mentally ill and prone to psycotic episodes - I've found Geodon to be of great help!

 

people say that im schizophrenia but i dont take any meds

 

Oh the ignorance. Ok don't start telling people whats the best solution for them, such as telling them to exercise and stay away from the drugs to deal with their mental conditions, or to flat out say that using prescription drugs is wrong. You don't know what that person is going through, even if you have that condition yourself. Just because that works for you doesn't mean thats going to work for them. EVERYONE is different.

Yeah drugs in my opinion should be last resort but that may be the only option for some people. Bipolar personality disorder is quite the deprimental condition that affects most aspects of ones life (I know, my girlfriend has it). I completely understand why someone would want to take prescription medication to try to help with it.

I for one take 75mg of effexor for anxiety and for an avoidance disorder. Its making so much difference in my life. I was only living life at half potential. This drug has set me free. Yes I get exercise all day at work, and I weight train at home. I'm one of the most health conscience person that I know of. I eat mostly organic, stay away from anything unnatural. It pissed me off having to take this drug, but dammit...it works!

 

^ Glad to hear someone who is grounded on planet fucking earth. I don't know what type of weird shit half of the other people in this thread are dancing around.

 

That is what I told myself. I though I had my anxiety under control but last week at work a manager was talking shit about me all week. Talking down to me and picking on me. Why? I don't know maybe because I'm white and there are only Hispanic people who work in the store (no I'm not prejudice, my old lady is Cuban). Well I ended up getting so pissed and I blacked out and punched her in the face. Now I am unemployed again, the only job I can find is fast food and fast food is a trigger for me. I was robbed while working at Wendy's 4 years ago and have been super fucked up since. I have no money for meds or therapy. I fucking hate SSRI they make me feel like a robot, but I think I'm going to have to go back to the dr soon and just deal with being emotionless.

 

The only thing wrong with meds is the price. All these pharmaceuticals came from a natural source, they have only been synthesized.
They work for some and not others. I am one they work for.

 

^ The newer meds really aren't much better than the older generic ones. For example, a mean pharm trick is the med Pristiq, which is actually just the active metabolite of Effexor (conveniently made by the same company- Wyeth). However, Effexor's patent expired right around the time Pristiq was made. haha. That is some shady shit.

Also, all the great anti-anxiety drugs are generic: clonazepam, alprazolam, lorazepam.
Mood stabilizers are cheap: Lithium (like 4 dollars for 120 pills), carbazapine, etc.

The only problem is antipsychotics. All of the newer ones, which have less of a zombifying action (but still quite horrible) are insanely expensive- like 800 dollars for 30 pills (in Zyprexa's case). If you are crazy enough to have to take them, but not crazy enough to be on Medicaid/SSDI, you are stuck in a bad place.

 

I have been witness to many people with mental illness and seen these people choose the natural path and the path of medication and come to the conclusion that recovery from mental illness is a truly personal and individualized journey!

It is NO ONES business but your own how you choose to get well. The problem with this though is the very essence of mental illness makes it extremely difficult for someone struggling with a disorder to advocate and educate themselves. When you are in a constant state of depression or anxiety or psychosis or whatever else, it's insanely difficult to gain the motivation and insight to find your own answers. So we turn to doctors and a majority of the time, medication is the quick fix. Medication has gained such a stigma of negativity because it is overprescribed. When people who do not need medication are on it, and taking it for fair too long, they are going to get more ill. In many cases, people CAN get well with exercise and dietary changes. But in many other cases medication is NEEDED to make the person ever function enough to be able to take care of themselves. I've seen medication both destroy and save people, but again, it's a personal choice.

I've been in and out visiting Mcclean Hospital for the past week since my mother attempted suicide and it is a bizarre feeling to be surrounded by people who just tried to end their lives. But by remembering that life is a BLESSING and should be lived to our potential opens the door to use any means needed that work FOR YOU in order to live a life that is worthwhile.

 

Oh, and I'm currently not on any medication but Prozac has saved my life in the past

 

anyone who badmouths medications has nevre lived in the hell of life without medications. I have 20 years of work history in a psych hospital and a number of years of benefiting from anti-depressants. And yeah I tried all the great notions that some have suggested, exercise, nature , meditation and they help some BUT for some folks medications are the difference between hell and a functional, normal life. Anyone who wants to argue against can but nobody lives inside my head but me and I know what I need. Half an once of respect for other peoples integrety would shut up a lot of critics.

 

I have to agree with Varapario, becuase I've been there on the receiving end. I have been VERY lucky, as initially there were meds. They helped. I then found that there were natural alternatives that helped a whole lot more. Now, I found another solution that has also proven itelf- EEG Feedback.
If it weren't for the meds I would have never considered the natural supplements. And if it weren't for those supplements I know I would have never considered EEG Feedback.

I remember hell, Varapario. It wasn't fun and I don't want to go back. But with my learning and growing, while I am glad for the medications when I used them, I am fortunate enough to not need them now.