medication is not the answer

Our society is over medicated for physical and mental issues. All medication does is mask the problem and in the end makes it worse. A guy goes to a psychiatrist and tells him he is depressed. The psychiatrist tells him that he is depressed because he has a chemical imbalance, write a script for prosac. When the opposite is true. His depression is causing his chemical imbalance. And the reason he is depressed is because he hasn't gotten laid In 2 years. He doesn't need prosac. He needs to get his fat ass to the gym and drop 50 pounds so maybe he can attract a woman. There is nothing wrong with our brains. They want you to believe this cause them and the drug companies are making billions. luck is a part of life but you can increase your luck by the decisions you make. If you make bad decisions all the time eventually they are going to come back and bite you in the ass, its called Karma. Which will lead to a sucky life which will lead to depression. Instead of medication people need to be taught how to make better life choices and how to increase their emotional intelligence so every little thing doesn't break them down. Like I said luck is a part of life and sometimes devastating things happen to good people. But those people need therapy by talking out there problems and learn how to live with it not medication. Cause all that does is delay the inevitable, its going to come out one way or another. Stress kills, the more stress you put on yourself it strains your brain. When your brain is stressed it shrinks like an over used muscle. Blood flow is reduce and the organ does not function properly. First you need to remove as much stress from your life as you can. Then you need to exercise and stretch to increase circulation. Eat better to give your body and brain the nutrients it needs to make the brain chemicals that make you feel better. Then meditate to relax your brain. And make better life choices so you can prevent yourself from being put in stressfull situations. Also you can do your own therapy. When something is bothering you instead of dwelling on your mistakes learn from them so you don't repeat, and forgive yourself for making the mistake, your human, this will bring closure. Medication should only be used in an emergency . If someone was on the verge of a nervous breakdown or the potential of harm to oneself or others. It should not be used on regular basis for maintenance.

Sure medication may act as a mask to some problems. But many people alike myself have needed that "mask" to be able to get up each day and start to deal with the problems which have lead to an illness and being on medication in the first place.
I agree that meds are handed out far too often these days, doctors barely spend enough time with patients to really hear whats going on.

some people significantly benefit from medication. I personally know people who credit their still being alive to their medication. it should always be considered an option.

Of course medication benefits people, but it doesn't cure The problem that is my point. All other avenues should be explored first, and medication should be a last resort. Here is my experience for medication. I suffered from bipolar for 30 years. I spent 15 years seeing psychiatrist and taking many meds. At first the medication works but turn over time you build up a tolerance so you have to keep increasing the dosage until your start to experience side effects. So you have to switch to another med and start all over. And do that the rest of your life. Because my problem is not solved just masked by the med And soon as I get off my problems come back. I started doing my own therapy sessions in a journal. My anxiety would hit me as soon as I wake up so I would write in my journal anything that popped in my mind. I was molested when I was 6 and I always new I was but never let my self think about it. If it popped in my head I would always repress. And that constant repressing and facing that pain memory is what was causing my problems. After I finally faced what happen to me and realized that it wasn't my fault I was able to finally bring closure to it. And that really improved my mood to the point where I didn't need meds. I am always doing my therapy sessions to resolve or solve any issues I have.

poiuy wrote:Of course medication benefits people, but it doesn't cure The problem that is my point. All other avenues should be explored first, and medication should be a last resort. Here is my experience for medication. I suffered from bipolar for 30 years. I spent 15 years seeing psychiatrist and taking many meds. At first the medication works but turn over time you build up a tolerance so you have to keep increasing the dosage until your start to experience side effects. So you have to switch to another med and start all over. And do that the rest of your life. Because my problem is not solved just masked by the med And soon as I get off my problems come back. I started doing my own therapy sessions in a journal. My anxiety would hit me as soon as I wake up so I would write in my journal anything that popped in my mind. I was molested when I was 6 and I always new I was but never let my self think about it. If it popped in my head I would always repress. And that constant repressing and facing that pain memory is what was causing my problems. After I finally faced what happen to me and realized that it wasn't my fault I was able to finally bring closure to it. And that really improved my mood to the point where I didn't need meds. I am always doing my therapy sessions to resolve or solve any issues I have.

Exactly my thoughts. Thanks for posting your experience Poiuy. It re-affirms my belief that i shd look at alternate ways of getting rid of my husband's anxiety.

Medicatoin is a good answer for some, but the choice to re-order their disorder seems to be something that doctors won't tell you about.

I agree with poiuy in that medications don't address causes (I hope I've understood correctly from th the refrence to "mask"). The causes of disorders are usually discussed in terms of physiological or brain-chemistry related causes. However, there has been over 30 years of scientific and medical studies and there is still no proof that there are any physiological or genetic causes for bipolar disorder (similar statments may apply to other disorders).

I've thought about bipolar disorder a lot. I re-ordered my life by aligning my self-idenity, life-challenges, and life's work. It was hard, but fun and rewarding process that continues. This re-ordering approach involves more than just coping. However, this is not something that everyone may decide to do, so medications have their place. I am just frustrated that more doctors don't suggest to try to re-order the disorder. They still think it is some "illness" with no cure. Well, their "illness" theory has at least one flaw, and that would be me because I figured it out. I know of a few others who did the same. Feel free to pm me if you want more explaination of what I discussed here. I can provide peer-reviewed references to back my claims...

- Ian