Psychiatry never helped me, but YOU should keep trying !

Psychiatry never helped me, but YOU should keep trying !

I read that over and over when I surf these online forums.

I see these people posting these absolute horror stories of side effects and years of "looking for the right meds" getting nothing but worse in like the same hell I was in on one thread and then on another thread they are telling other people suffering to keep trying , take even more pills, psychiatry makes everything better.

All these online forums are just huge testimonials to the fact that psychiatry harms more people than it helps. Just click around on any of them and read .

Am I the only on that notices this ???

Or how about this one, Drug "X" gave me nothing but nasty side effects, made me zombie like and then I got real sick from withdrawals quitting it, but YOU should try drug X cause everyone's 'chemistry' is different...

What kind of "chemistry" are you talking about ? Tell me about this "chemistry" inside us.

Or that's to bad drug "X" is not helping and you only feel 'side' effects but keep taking it, "it takes time to build up in your system".

Really , just where in my "system" does it "build up" ? What "system" does it "build up" in ? How does this process of "building up" work ??? What if it over builds up in my "system" ?

Psychiatry has helped me a lot, but you should decide whether or not you want to try it.

[mod edit]check out this guys link, none of that stuff about prescribing medication not sure why cheze blocked it...hey cheze unblock this anhedonia therad its a guy that gets off his psych meds and his anhedonia dissapears, its funny because nobbody registered that it was the drugs doing it, how come so dumb, the psychiatrists should know this stuff about the drugs they prescribe but don't.

Its funny yeah about the lines and $#%^ about antipsychotic building up in you rsystem and getting bbetter on the drugs...but getting better means brain adjusting to the antipsychoatic so there wouldl be more symptoms then if the drug was removed, its the body adjusting to the medication..why are they so dumb with this stuff, they disagree with me about what I know thsi $#%^ does to make people worse then they ever would be if given the chance to recover without antipsychoatics, peopple will recover maybe around 80percent of the time in a humain open dialogue environment.

I don't knoow how people have made their lives work while on antipsychotic, like everyone for me is talking about recovery so I do more things and get a job etc but how can I on antipsychotic its impossible, I don't know how peopplle thinkk this is good, and why higher doses of the $#%^ might work in getting me less preoccupiesd with astral projecting that they think is a problem so now I have a rela and steady girlfreind from a different part of the universe, she is awesome highly evolved and $#%^, she makes me all better so I won't ever deal with anything I don't wna to once off anitpsychotic, but antipsychotic makes it worlse for me and $#%^ when I can't stand up for myslef and am sitting duck for people to have fun by ######6 with me or trying to ###$ my girlfreind, think managed to fight them all off once the higher powers coulld work like this $#%^ just existed in my metnall projections of drawing this bad $#%^, I was ######6 mysllef up kinda, wouldn't do it if I wasn't on antipscyhotic anyway, had a problem with this guy that comes around from a mental illness fellowship and he started on my girlfreind. amybe shown some interest but he is the type to think this $#%^ isn't real and can do what he likes including trying to rape my girlfriend not good it causes a problem I am actually feeling angry at him and am insistant that he ###$ off for good....

As an FYI Razael, I stated clearly in that thread why it was locked and it was not because of the anhedonia.

As a general reminder, please do not post links in this thread pointing out other threads within the larger forum, we're not here to point fingers and laugh. Remember the overall policy of psych forums:

The overriding principle of Psychforums is to ensure that this is a safe place where all members show sensitivity to, respect for, and support for other forum members.

Remember that the other forums here on psychforums all run differently and have their own culture so to say. This is why we have a place here to discuss our common viewpoints. If people choose to come here they can. Not everyone shares our beliefs and not everyone wants/is ready to hear about them. Please do not go into these other forums and spread anti-psych philosophies as they will not be tolerated in other forums and could result in moderator action.

Cheze2 wrote:Not everyone shares our beliefs

I like messing with you cheese so,

Unlike the nonsence the psych industry spouts about who is normal or healthy and who is not, our 'anti psych' stuff is fact and does not require "belief".

How about that ?

Copy_Cat wrote:I like messing with you cheese

Copy_Cat wrote:How about that ?

The issue here is mainly what a large number of people have come to believe, not necessarily with facts. If suddenly we were all given the power to jump off large cliffs and fly instead of fall not everyone would jump off a cliff right away. Many would be scared and never jump, some would test this theory is slow steps, and of course some are going to climb to the highest mountain they can find and jump their little hearts out!

Remember this is a movement. It doesn't mean we're there yet, and it doesn't mean that people are ready to be pushed off these cliffs either. They need to come to their own understanding, and sometimes that takes time. When feeling frustrated however, think of how far we've come in the last 10, or even 20 years! There has been a big difference in how psychiatry works in the last 10 years. We're not there yet, but we'll get there eventually.