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Originally Posted by rainbow8
After reading these threads and googling meds and reading people's experiences, I really have to wonder! I've never taken meds before and am on zoloft, which so far, makes me feel much worse than before I started it.
So many of us have side effects that make the meds intolerable. Do pdocs understand that? It seems like they just want to prescribe more and more? I've never had such a weird experience in my whole life. I know many are helped by meds, but you'd think there would be a better way than to have horrible things happen like brain zaps, hospitalizations, sleep-eating, brain freeze, agitation, feeling suicidal and bad upset stomachs!!! I hope most people do NOT suffer from their meds. I wish pdocs wouldn't prescribe more and more drugs to counteract the others. I have a feeling I'm not going to stick with the meds.
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A lot of times I don't think they are very good at putting themselves in our shoes...would they take a drug that made them feel worse? would they want to take another drug to counter act side effects of the first one and so on and so fourth? I sometimes find mental health professionals a bit too pushy about meds I don't like to feel pressured to try drugs as that should be a personal decision based on the information given.
But then of course if you disagree with taking a med or a certain treatment they seem to have the attitude that it means you don't want to get 'better'...though not so sure that is what my exact goal is anyways I don't see myself being rid of my mental issues realistically even under the best of circumstances...sometimes some damage has been done. I mean for all the education psychiatirsts and other mental health professionals are supposed to have it seems a lot could learn more about the feelings of the mentally ill people they are treating and why maybe they are uncomfortable with some things or can't just deal with side effects and keep taking a medication.