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Originally Posted by Jimjam
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What biological basis or systems there maybe to mental health issues are not really understood at all, we’re pretty much limited to “idk, something to do with dopamine/serotonin”, even though the activity of these inside the brain can’t really be measured easily. Likewise the medications are poorly understood beyond “they seem to help some people with a particular pattern of symptoms”. This is before considering the validity of DSM V diagnosis, which guides diagnosis around much of the world (not just America). The same pattern of symptoms can receive completely different diagnosis, and furthermore two people with the same diagnosis may not even share any of the same symptoms. This raises the questions of whether different diagnosis are actually yet also whether a single diagnosis is consistent.
Despite poor evidence for biological basis, dsm style diagnosis does little to consider the life circumstances, events and history of an individual with some researchers suggesting the overlap between schizophrenia and child ptsd is due to the fact that most schizophrenia is undiagnosed untreated cptsd (with proper treatment being primarily therapy, counselling and similar interventions rather than heavy medication).
All that said, psychiatric diagnosis may be the best tool currently available for labelling and organising patients for treatment if nothing else due to bureaucratic and social inertia, and some patients reporting medication helping them manage their symptoms.
Based on your difficulties with medication, and your difficulty having your lived experience recognised, have you considered requesting a referral for some kind of counselling? Whether that be to resolve current life circumstances or examine your life story in a supportive context?
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I agree with what you said and I think they should STOP WITH THE DRUGS! Therapy would have been so much better, and yes I agree, schizophrenia is untreated cptsd, what else would it be... But I think at this point we should completely get rid of psychiatrists and therapists and only have real psychologists who can show compassion and talk with the victim without ever giving them any drugs.