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18 year old son refuses to take his medications
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 676530" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Yes. Not all medications help. Some make people work. Antidepressants are hit or miss and many get turned off. I have been in tons of self help groups in my life and many depressives would rather stay depressed than be on drugs that zombie them up. You feel like a guinea pig. Just because it says "antidepressant" doesn't mean it will work on everyone's particular body chemistry. I had such a bad experience with Lithium's zombie-like effects I never again would try a mood stabilizer, although since then the bipolar diagnosis I had at first was changed anyway to mood disorder-not otherwise specified. A good example of how our psychiatric diagnoses can and often do change with the psychiatrist (being that it is not an exact science).</p><p></p><p>I read once that 60% of all people with bipolar don't take medication. I'm sure that has to do with side effects, not the least which are sleepiness, foggy brain, and a dulling of emotions. As a patient you have to be your own advocate. Tell your son, if he is willing to try again, to research each medication before taking it. I also refused to continue any drug that made me feel dream-like or zombie-like or gave bad side effects no matter how the doctor insisted (often they do). I would find another doctor who was more flexible. Often, we are told, "It's not the drugs causeing the side effects. It's the depression." Often, that's untrue.</p><p></p><p>If one doesn't advocate for oneself, medications can be a very bad experience. You have to be willing to challenge the doctor and to change doctors, if necessary. Doctors aren't Gods, especially not psychiatrists.Not everyone is a good self-advocate and doctors intimidate them, but actually THEY are working for US. </p><p></p><p>Good luck!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 676530, member: 1550"] Yes. Not all medications help. Some make people work. Antidepressants are hit or miss and many get turned off. I have been in tons of self help groups in my life and many depressives would rather stay depressed than be on drugs that zombie them up. You feel like a guinea pig. Just because it says "antidepressant" doesn't mean it will work on everyone's particular body chemistry. I had such a bad experience with Lithium's zombie-like effects I never again would try a mood stabilizer, although since then the bipolar diagnosis I had at first was changed anyway to mood disorder-not otherwise specified. A good example of how our psychiatric diagnoses can and often do change with the psychiatrist (being that it is not an exact science). I read once that 60% of all people with bipolar don't take medication. I'm sure that has to do with side effects, not the least which are sleepiness, foggy brain, and a dulling of emotions. As a patient you have to be your own advocate. Tell your son, if he is willing to try again, to research each medication before taking it. I also refused to continue any drug that made me feel dream-like or zombie-like or gave bad side effects no matter how the doctor insisted (often they do). I would find another doctor who was more flexible. Often, we are told, "It's not the drugs causeing the side effects. It's the depression." Often, that's untrue. If one doesn't advocate for oneself, medications can be a very bad experience. You have to be willing to challenge the doctor and to change doctors, if necessary. Doctors aren't Gods, especially not psychiatrists.Not everyone is a good self-advocate and doctors intimidate them, but actually THEY are working for US. Good luck!!!! [/QUOTE]
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