My Support Forums - View Single Post - Are these forums mostly treatment-resistant folks?

venusss · Nov 27, 2015, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Trippin2.0

Big Pharma's explanation is that everyone's chemistry is different so we will respond differently and experience different side effects.

Idk, I can't say if members are treatment resistant, because from what I've read here over the years, and experienced personally is that pdocs love to religiously practice polypharmacy. So who knows why the meds are not working when most people just get RXd a bunch and then some for side effects...

I think if more pdocs were open to actually trying monotherapy FIRST, then its easier to see which patient responds to what instead of turning people into walking drug stores.

Myself, I'm not treatment resistant, besides a terrible experience with lithium I've responded well to other meds, its just that I don't want be medicated till the end of time and my treatment team understands and also supports this.

I'm not closed to the idea of using meds when the shyt hits the fan tho.

I still check in and post here even though I am not as symptomatic as I was when first dxd 5 years ago.

With that being said, my opinions is that these boards would be null and void if only treatment resistant members posted.

Because who would be offering them support, guidance and tips?

Pharma's explanation seems to be "it's chemical imbalance, it's totally in your brain, we cannot measure it or see it, but it's chemical and you need our drugs. And btw, everybody's chemistry is different, but if you were diagnosed by ONE doctor you are bipolar for sure and you need our drugs FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. And if they don't work, keep trying more".

I wonder what the treatment resistance is. Because imho two people can have the same reaction to the same med actually. It makes them slightly better. Takes the edge off. Person 1 challenges the energy into more whining about "this illness robbed me of my life", feeling sorry for themselves and making more poor decisions and run to hospital each time there is a bump on the road. Person 2 can use that to work on themselves, white knuckle the bad times and move forward despite the struggle.

I've seen people right here to get 100% better and not because of some magic pill. Some realized it is people in their life who shattered them and they picked up the pieces and reinvented. Some went inside themselves and let it shine. And it was always their inner strenght.

IMho the MH system encourages some people in being ill, but drugging the **** out of them and learning them to be helpless. Sure, they cannot get in trouble since they sleep like 14 hours a day and spend the rest of time eating and being very sorry zombie... but that is really not a life or success story to be told.