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Dec 18, 2020, 02:29 AM
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Member Since: Dec 2018
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 6,008
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Sorry I had to revisit this.
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Originally Posted by Prycejosh1987
I think medication can dim the lights on emotion but it generally doesnt do much. If someone has anxiety or depression it can level the playing field emotionally. At the end of the day its up to us to control our emotions, i have dealt with mental health myself. When i stop taking the tablets i am actually more upbeat.
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I completely disagree and I wonder if you understand brain chemistry. If you have something like bipolar is is a brain disorder or dysfunction. It is not a personality issue or willpower issue or being too emotional. Emotions are symptoms. They can be situational due to something traumatic or stressful or it can be because the brain chemistry doesnt work right. Most often with depression, bipolar, ptsd etc. the chemicals in the brain (serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine) are out of balance and different than someone who is just having a bad day. Yes in a reactive sense we control out emotions and as a whole we are responsible for what we do or say when our emotions are out of control. But the cause isnt the fault of the person with a mental illness. Even the term mental illness-
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Definition of mental illness
: any of a broad range of medical conditions (such as major depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, or panic disorder) that are marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, or emotions to impair normal psychological functioning and cause marked distress or disability and that are typically associated with a disruption in normal thinking, feeling, mood, behavior, interpersonal interactions, or daily functioning
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means its an illness. If someone has cancer no one blames them. If someone needs glasses to see no one tells them they should just hold the book closer and deal with it. Treating mental illness is 100% important. I dont doubt you when you say stopping meds for you means you feel better. But that is not the norm with people diagnosed with a mental illness.
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