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Is it possible that medications stop working after 5 to 6 yrs?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 236431" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I used to feel cranky and worse if I was overmedicated. I hated that feeling. I don't know if he's feeling dazed and zombielike from all those medications or not, but he is on a TON of them. So it's a possibility. There is a fine line between what helps and what makes a person feel even more depressed. I was tried on Thorazine once when I was in the hospital for a stay, and it made me 10X more depressed; almost hynotic, but instead of letting it sedate me, I fought the sedation. The sedation scared me and I acted out badly just to feel alive. Then I refused it--I wasn't psychotic and didn't need it. I sometimes wonder if some psychiatrists just throw medications at people to make them so sleepy that they aren't a problem. And if you aren't sharp enough to say "No thanks. This is enough," you can be taken advantage of--badly. I had the cognitive skills to accept what helped and refuse what made me worse. Sadly, not all adults do have that ability. I found that if I was on more than two medications, I started to feel a lot worse so I drew a line in the sand. If your son is incapable of really telling the psychiatrists how he feels, he is at a serious disadvantage. My heart goes out to both of you. I know first hand how horrible the medications game is. I'm glad that I finally found two medications that work for me, but I had to go through a lot of pain before I got there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 236431, member: 1550"] I used to feel cranky and worse if I was overmedicated. I hated that feeling. I don't know if he's feeling dazed and zombielike from all those medications or not, but he is on a TON of them. So it's a possibility. There is a fine line between what helps and what makes a person feel even more depressed. I was tried on Thorazine once when I was in the hospital for a stay, and it made me 10X more depressed; almost hynotic, but instead of letting it sedate me, I fought the sedation. The sedation scared me and I acted out badly just to feel alive. Then I refused it--I wasn't psychotic and didn't need it. I sometimes wonder if some psychiatrists just throw medications at people to make them so sleepy that they aren't a problem. And if you aren't sharp enough to say "No thanks. This is enough," you can be taken advantage of--badly. I had the cognitive skills to accept what helped and refuse what made me worse. Sadly, not all adults do have that ability. I found that if I was on more than two medications, I started to feel a lot worse so I drew a line in the sand. If your son is incapable of really telling the psychiatrists how he feels, he is at a serious disadvantage. My heart goes out to both of you. I know first hand how horrible the medications game is. I'm glad that I finally found two medications that work for me, but I had to go through a lot of pain before I got there. [/QUOTE]
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