Posted by llrrrpp on June 24, 2006, at 15:59:43
In reply to Re: May I point out a pattern?, posted by Deneb on June 24, 2006, at 15:41:49
hi Deneb*
would it help at all if you think of the meds as brain-vitamins? Some people's brains need a little more vitamin serotonin or a little less vitamin dopamine? You can think of them more asmaintainance for a healthy brain rather than a treatment for a broken brain?
just a thought
I know what you mean though. I was completely freaking out when my pdoc gave me all these samples. I was thinking- 'HOW can I leave the office with all these pill boxes? Everyone's going to think: "oh boy, she's in BIG trouble, she's CRAZY!"' He noticed my distress and produced a little plastic bag. Now I keep all my meds concealed from the world in a little plastic bag. It's a private thing. You don't need to be ashamed. Maybe you'd feel less ashamed if you weren't on the meds, but you'd probably be feeling kind of yucky in other ways.
Plus, there are LOTs of people who take psych meds. They are some of the most popular and commonly prescribed drugs in America (thinking Canada's pretty similar). I bet that tons of people you never would have suspected of taking "meds" have had to take them, or are taking them currently. I found this out when I was freaking out about starting AD's for the first time. 4/10 people in my class have benefitted from some kind of psychopharmacology, and there may be even more, but I'm not good enough friends with them, or they're not open about it.
We're lucky, Deneb*, to live when we do, because the medicines are better now than they have ever been, and the public attitude towards mental illness is probably better too.
hang in there- stick with your pdoc's recommendations. She's the expert. You're the guinea pig. umm hamster.
-ll
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