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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 552710" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I was very ashamed of myself when I first had to start taking antidepressants and, in my case, it was life or death. I was suicidal 24/7, yet I was still ashamed to need medication, which at least lifted me out of the dark fog and allowed me to want to live. Yet if I had had diabetes, I would not have hesitated to take insulin. If I had had epilepsy I would not have hesitated to take anti-seizure medications. And nobody would have told me not to.</p><p></p><p>None of the medications worked 100% at first and I felt like a druggies, which shamed me again because I was both anti-drug use and anti-alcohol use (for myself). Yet here I was, living a functional life because of my magic pill. I went to this great psychiatrist at the University of Chicago finally and begged him for electroshock therapy. Yes, you read it right. I thought maybe I wouldn't need medication then and the medication didn't work, as I've said, 100%. He gave me a funny look and told me to try paroxatene first. The rest is history. For me, paraoxatene and clonazapine are magic pills that make me normal. They helped me at least 95%...it's been well over twenty years now that I've felt really good. I'm so grateful that something made me not give up and that the psychiatrist did not give into my desire for ECT. I'm convinced that without my medications I would no longer know my grandson.</p><p></p><p>I am really not happy with the pressure not to take life saving medication for brain disorders. But at least I got over it. Sadly, I think a lot of people think "I am weak" if they need medications for things like depression. That's too bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 552710, member: 1550"] I was very ashamed of myself when I first had to start taking antidepressants and, in my case, it was life or death. I was suicidal 24/7, yet I was still ashamed to need medication, which at least lifted me out of the dark fog and allowed me to want to live. Yet if I had had diabetes, I would not have hesitated to take insulin. If I had had epilepsy I would not have hesitated to take anti-seizure medications. And nobody would have told me not to. None of the medications worked 100% at first and I felt like a druggies, which shamed me again because I was both anti-drug use and anti-alcohol use (for myself). Yet here I was, living a functional life because of my magic pill. I went to this great psychiatrist at the University of Chicago finally and begged him for electroshock therapy. Yes, you read it right. I thought maybe I wouldn't need medication then and the medication didn't work, as I've said, 100%. He gave me a funny look and told me to try paroxatene first. The rest is history. For me, paraoxatene and clonazapine are magic pills that make me normal. They helped me at least 95%...it's been well over twenty years now that I've felt really good. I'm so grateful that something made me not give up and that the psychiatrist did not give into my desire for ECT. I'm convinced that without my medications I would no longer know my grandson. I am really not happy with the pressure not to take life saving medication for brain disorders. But at least I got over it. Sadly, I think a lot of people think "I am weak" if they need medications for things like depression. That's too bad. [/QUOTE]
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