[BrokenNBeautiful]

I am doing lots of rage work and inner child work, emotional regulation and maladaptive behavior awareness right now.

I have found a new clinic to have massages and Reiki, too.

I am playing self-hypnosis tapes.

I am reading here on PC and sharing.

I am walking on the beach, watching sunsets, taking pictures, spending time with my mentor.

There are alternatives in therapy that are cheaper, might be more effective.

I am leaving the mental health system.

I pray my new pdoc does not chalk me up as "uncooperative".

I do use meds with much much reservation and do not tolerate doctors who put conditions on my tx unless I am danger to myself or others.

I am doing okay.

Very okay.

Billi

[frustratedbymeds]

I love your post about havving command.....we all need to have command and control over our treatment. You are inspiring and give me the courage to take charge and not let myself be led around by the Dr. If the side affect of a medical is not something I can tolerate, I will stop taking it (of course, in a safe way) there are others that I take that have been effective. Really tired of being used as a chemical guinea pig....we're humans! Alternatives may not work as quickly....but my self-esteem is worth so much more to me.

[BrokenNBeautiful]

Originally Posted by frustratedbymeds

I love your post about havving command.....we all need to have command and control over our treatment. You are inspiring and give me the courage to take charge and not let myself be led around by the Dr. If the side affect of a medical is not something I can tolerate, I will stop taking it (of course, in a safe way) there are others that I take that have been effective. Really tired of being used as a chemical guinea pig....we're humans! Alternatives may not work as quickly....but my self-esteem is worth so much more to me.

thanks and right on!

I just put up a thread in "Health Support" about my current situation (medical) about my fear of taking meds.

I am considering just using Reiki and massage.

At least they don't cause me any life-threatening problems.

Billi

[hopefultohelp]

My daughter who is now going on 27 years old was diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder when she was 16 years old. She says she remembers symptoms as far back as when she was 11 years old. She had basically all the same symptoms as so many people have written about on this site. Paranoia, thinking people were talking about her, not seeing things in a realistic way, feeling like she should just end it all, staying in her room for 3 1/2 years holed up away from everyone and the whole world. She felt like she could fly at times, had an overinflated sense of self at times and yet at other times felt like she was nothing, she stopped talking to any friends she had, she was basically tormented, not having the ability to work, drive, go to school, socialize, or even bathe daily. Everyday tasks such as brushing her teeth were difficult and would take much longer than need be. She felt like helicopters flying by were coming to get her or ambulances or fire engines were warning her of impending danger in her future. When she would read of others experiences with this illness, she could relate to what they were going through.

In January 2011, my husband and I watched a documentary on the negative effects of taking meds. This motivated me to research and see if there was a natural alternative. After reading the testimony of a woman who claimed to be cured of schizophrenia by following a specific vitamin regimen, I was very, very intrigued! She said she went to see an Orthomolecular Psychiatrist. I thought "what in the world is Orthomolecular?" I started to google this term and came up with a man named Abram Hoffer. He is now deceased (2009) but during his lifetime as a doctor, he worked with over 5000 patients with schizophrenia and saw a HUGE rate of recovery by orthomolecular means and a healthy and strict diet. Orthomolecular means "Mega Vitamin". I ordered a few of his books on Amazon. One of the books is a small paperback pamphlet that cost me about $6.00 It is called Orthomolecular Treatment for Schizophrenia (Mega Vitamin Supplementation and Nutritional Strategies for Healing and Recovery). We decided to give it a go. We started my daughter off slowly on "everyday" vitamins (the two main ones being vitamin B3 (niacin-the no flush kind), and vitamin C) and added others (a total of seven) over about two months time. We just went along with what the book stated. At first her psychiatrist was not too keen on the idea that we wanted to lower the dosages of her meds and see if she could eventually get off of them. She agreed that we could try. She worked with us to lower the dosage of meds. As my daughter was consistent with taking the seven vitamins each day, getting proper amount of sleep (she has needed nine or ten hours per night for years), as well as following a strict diet of no dairy products, no meat, little sugar, brown rice, beans, and mainly fruits and vegetables (we would make homemade fruit and vegetable juice every day), her Psychiatrist noticed the incredible change in my daughter (AND I MEAN INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!) It has been a little over a year since she started taking the vitamins and she is doing FANTASTIC!!!!!! She is off 2 out of 3 meds and is taking only 1/2 mg. of the last med (down from 4 mg) The psychiatrist is soooo impressed that she wanted to know exactly what it is that we have been doing with my daughter that she is coming along soooo very well. I gave her the book we used because she said she wants to share it with some of her other patients!!!!!!

My daughter is getting back to how she used to be before she displayed any of the symptoms of schizoaffective disorder. She is thinking more clearly, she actually leaves the house now and goes on walks with us, goes shopping, has friends again, feels more comfortable in social situations/conversing with others, wants to learn how to drive, she may even go visit a friend in another state soon!!! The way she is now is nothing short of a miracle!!!!!!!!! If this has spoken to you, I would encourage you to order the book from Amazon and read about it yourself. If you would like any more info, just message me and I would be happy to chat with you about my daughters progress!

You can choose to apply this, or stay in your current situation. It's all up to you to take your mental health in the direction you want it to go, not the way some psychiatrist would want it to go (which is usually by keeping you on meds to your dying day!)

My daughter is a whole new person now, and so incredibly grateful that we tried a natural alternative instead of just staying with the meds that didn't help her to overcome this illness. Medication masks certain symptoms, but is definitely not a cure!!!!

Do you want to get better, or just keep talking about it? Do something about it!!!

Hopefultohelp

[BrokenNBeautiful]

Originally Posted by hopefultohelp

You can choose to apply this, or stay in your current situation. It's all up to you to take your mental health in the direction you want it to go, not the way some psychiatrist would want it to go (which is usually by keeping you on meds to your dying day!)

My daughter is a whole new person now, and so incredibly grateful that we tried a natural alternative instead of just staying with the meds that didn't help her to overcome this illness. Medication masks certain symptoms, but is definitely not a cure!!!!

Do you want to get better, or just keep talking about it? Do something about it!!!

Hopefultohelp

I am glad your daughter is doing so much better.

Everyone is different.

I don't want to restrict myself with diet, nor can I afford to buy vitamins.

But I do want to get better, not just talk about it. I am eating better than i used to and being more mindful of things in my body and mind.

I did mention earlier some of the things I am already doing.

Everyone is different and what may work for some or be possible for some may not be for another.

I appreciate your enthusiasm.

As long as no one here "prescribes" anything, just shares things with me.

thanks, and again I am glad things are better for you and your daughter.

Billi

[hopefultohelp]

Billi,

I, too, appreciate what you have said and I am sorry if I came off a little too strong. I understand that different things work for different people in different ways. I am just sooo very excited about how this worked for my daughter, that I am hoping it can do the same thing for others if possible. I hope all the best for you and everyone else on this site!

Have a fantastic day

Hopefultohelp

[BrokenNBeautiful]

I really do appreciate your excitement.

When you find a solution at long last, it's hard not to share it so enthusiastically.

I appreciate your apology, too.

It's okay.

And I wish you continued peace of mind and health with you and your family!

thanks,

Billi

[BrokenNBeautiful]

I am now blogging my Self Help Mental Wellness "program". It's on

http://www.thoughts.com/peacemover

It's mostly the things I am discovering about myself. Sometimes the entries are very detailed and sometimes they are just synapses.

Every day I read and meditate and talk to my mentor about issues. I am not sure, but I may eventually start something locally; a forum in a rented room like this that is purely peer oriented, peer-run, and pure self-help without any professionals or government endorsement.

I believe in self-empowerment and it is up to ourselves, and between ourselves and ourselves.

Billi

[BrokenNBeautiful]

I may not blog every day, so if you don't see any updated posts there, it's because I have not had the time or the energy.

B.

[BrokenNBeautiful]

Originally Posted by billi_leli

I am now blogging my Self Help Mental Wellness "program". It's on

http://www.thoughts.com/peacemover

It's mostly the things I am discovering about myself. Sometimes the entries are very detailed and sometimes they are just synapses.

Every day I read and meditate and talk to my mentor about issues. I am not sure, but I may eventually start something locally; a forum in a rented room like this that is purely peer oriented, peer-run, and pure self-help without any professionals or government endorsement.

I believe in self-empowerment and it is up to ourselves, and between ourselves and ourselves.

Billi

This link is no longer working.

I have a new link. (I joined this site in May and they deleted a bunch of my posts and I inquired about it, so there are only posts for June 2012. don't know what happened! They are going thru a change and did not tell me.)

Here's the link:

http://peacemover.thoughts.com/

let me know if this does not work.

B.

[BrokenNBeautiful]

I got locked out of my blog last week, so I am doing it on yahoogroups now. pm me if you are interested; my pm is enabled.

Billi