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Originally Posted by SorenVC
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Why you guys and the public put so much faith in psych drugs? Yet when I say that I go to a therapist some people think I'm a weakling or am on drugs, which is both true.
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When you get an infection, are you a weakling for taking a drug to lower your fever? If you break a leg, are you a weakling for wearing a cast?
I don't have "faith" in psych drugs: like I said before, Zyprexa is terrible. But the alternative, of losing control of your own mind, strikes me as more terrible.
Again, I took Zyprexa last night. Today I'm probably going to gain weight, have a harder time focusing, and tonight I'll have "restless leg syndrome" like crazy ... because, again, Zyprexa sucks.
But if I didn't take it, I know it can set off a spiral where I ultimately get super irritable, can't sleep, talk too fast, etc.
For me, the trade-off of taking the drugs is worth it.
If you're getting headaches so bad you can't sleep, and you've tried the suggestions I quoted (drink more water, take some Advil, etc.) and they haven't worked, then taking care of yourself might mean stopping the drug now instead of in four days. I'm not advocating for taking or not ... I'm advocating for taking (good) care of yourself.