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What illnesses do/did you suffer from? (pg. 11)
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by AlphaStarred
is because of what this guy wrote on a forum
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And this sounds just plain mentally challenged. |
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| Jon_Snow |
When I was a kid my brothers and would take dares touching the electric fence around our neighbors yard who had horses. Boy that motherer stung.
Don't listen to everyone. I think at least it could toughen you up. But you should experment first before signing up with either a taser or dog shock collar. Think of it as an adventure. |
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| AlphaStarred |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
And this sounds just plain mentally challenged. |
Not if many people reported similar results. Remember, I also have experience with Iboga, and even though I wasn't "normal" on it, I was certainly better and more functional than now. |
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| boris_the_bear |
| doctors said I'm retarded but potato! |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by AlphaStarred
Remember, I also have experience with Iboga |
It's hard to forget when you keep bringing it up. |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
It's hard to forget when you keep bringing it up. |
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| Chimney |
AlphaStarred, as a person who knows the ins and outs of psychiatry, I advice you to not seek ECT treatment. ECT is meant as a "last-resort" for those with depression unresponsive to treatment and catatonic/hebephrenic states of schizophrenia (i.e the negative symptomatic ones which are difficult to treat) not to mention that ECT on a healthy brain can have severe effects.
Jenny is right, therapy and medication is the way to go. Self-medication and experimental stuff are not, because psychiatry is mainly the branch of medicine which deals with balancing the chemicals in the brain, something that must be done carefully and controlled.
I'm starting my residency in January, so I'm not just some guy off a forum on this one. |
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| AlphaStarred |
| Thanks, Chimney. I guess perhaps I'll have to be more patient with the medications, as I don't seem to respond to them yet. The psychiatrist in the hospital told me to give the Risperdal and Lithium combo about a month for full effects - it's been nearly 2 weeks and so far nothing's doing. Can it really take up to a month or more for antipsychotics to have an effect? |
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| AlphaStarred |
| Ok, just got off the phone with my psychiatrist. She told me to be patient with the meds and keep taking them and hopefully they'll work sooner or later. She told me she had a patient that only got the benefits of Saphris (antipsychotic) after 4 full months. So I guess I'm gonna hope and pray that eventually the combo I'm on will help to stabilize and "normalize" me again eventually. |
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| Chimney |
Yes, it can take up to months. In the case of SSRIs (as an example), the problem is that before they rise the level of serotonin, they first sink it for the first 3 weeks to a month, reason why antidepressants, ironically enough, have "suicide" as a side-effect possibility.
In the case of antipsychotics, the same effect can take a very long time.
EDIT: Funny they gave you Risperdal though. What's your diagnosis btw? |
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| OrangestO |
| You're overthinking it, brah. Snap out of it. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by OrangestO
You're overthinking it, brah. Snap out of it. |
Since he thinks "almost 2 weeks" equals a month, I'd say the complete opposite. |
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