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Old Oct 11, 2014, 02:46 AM
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I've always known that the cocktail of medications I am on is, in the long term, hazardous. I also know that I very well might not be alive or living a sustainable life without them. Having been suicidal most of my life, I'm not overly concerned about long term health effects. The clozapine I'm on is a medication that was taken off market in the 70s, and only reintroduced because it is just plain effective - but I have to have regular blood tests so they know how fast it is destroying my system. Maybe I have hope that some scientist will be able to 3d print new body parts before mine fail. If not, well, I'm given a chance at a somewhat stable life.

A patient needs to be informed of the risks and dangers of long term use of medications, and those medications probably should be rotate to mitigate the damage any one can do, but I fear that exposing all of this would raise the stigma of going on psych meds even further than it is now, which could cost lives (or at least really ruin them).
Thanks for this!
Loial