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Originally Posted by Skywalking
I do
"These chemotherapy drugs don't "treat" anything."
"I would question whether any human being requires insulin… ever."
If you wouldn't say these things about other types of medication, don't say them about psych meds. (If you *would* say those things about other types of medication, to people who take them...I don't even know what to tell you.)
Again, I apologize for getting this so off topic. I wish the OP the best. I believe I'll just see myself out at this point. I'm at a loss as to how I can make this more clear, about why I feel insulted by these comments and why I feel that attitude is very harmful toward people who are mentally ill and take medication.
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Sorry if I caused offense with the "I would question whether any human being requires psych drugs… ever." comment. Maybe I am being overly provocative with such a statement. But I did qualify that by saying that acute/emergency situations could be different. Still… I should be more careful with my words. I did not intend to be so judgmental.
I have a real stake in this too, as I have had enormous pressure from family, doctors, therapists to drug myself. And I have a relative who is in real trouble and SSRIs are part of the problem I believe. I have an acquaintance who is on a cocktail of 4 psych drugs and is suicidal, hears voices, has tremors. It is tragic.
The insulin for diabetes argument is exactly the way psychiatry and pharma have attempted to frame mental illness. Problem is it is a baseless assertion. If you study the literature, the theory died long ago. The belief lives on.
Maybe I should start a new thread...