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What do we know about the success rate of psychotropic drug therapies?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 576134" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>psychiatric medications can be extremely helpful when scripted correctly. They aren't a cure for any diagnosis, however they can dramatically improve quality of life. </p><p></p><p>When Nichole took her medications she needed them. There was no doubt. Once she weaned off of them.....she was watched closely by both me and her psychiatrist......and she did well. She's not been on them for several years now nor has she needed them. Nichole is not "cured" per se as to be honest other than the borderline we're not certain her diagnosis was accurate. She was severely depressed when she needed medications, but that doesn't necessarily mean she was bipolar. (she was never manic) And a person can suffer a period of severe depression without being chronically depressed. Know what I mean?? </p><p></p><p>That said, I often worry about psychiatric medications as they're not developed to treat psychiatric conditions......usually how they affect someone psychiatric wise is stumbled upon and then docs start saying oh well it has this affect let's try it to help this. I don't necessarily think that is such a good idea short term or long term. I'd much rather see drug companies develop medications specifically for psychiatric use instead....hopefully with fewer side effects. </p><p></p><p>All medications, regardless of what you take them for, have the potential for side effects. Some so bad you wonder why on earth the medication would ever be scripted to someone. The why is easy, benefit outweighs the risk. Or at least that is the way it is supposed to be. I swear some docs never give the risks a thought. I also worry about dosages I see. High doses for adults, but also for children. Some much too high......some like BFF who was on an outrageously high dose of paxil (od level) simply because 1. doctor didn't know what he was doing and 2. she refused to take anything else. </p><p></p><p>It actually infuriates me that BFF won a lawsuit against the company that makes Paxil because her son Seth has special needs. BFF knew the danger to the fetus when she opted to stay on her outrageously high dose. She also knew the danger to the fetus when she drank during the entire pregnancy and several other things. But here is the kicker......they proved Seth has CP and autism because of dr error during/after delivery years before her lawsuit against paxil. And she still won. (and we wonder why our medical/medication costs are so high) </p><p></p><p>And yes, paxil obviously was doing nothing for bff therapeutic wise. When she had to switch psychiatrists she was forced to go back down to the starter dose of paxil while other medications were added......they were never able to wean her off the medication completely as her body had become to used to it.</p><p></p><p>It can be difficult when modern medicine seems so advanced to remember that as far as mental health goes we're still in the infancy stage and there is so much they just don't know, regardless if they admit it or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 576134, member: 84"] psychiatric medications can be extremely helpful when scripted correctly. They aren't a cure for any diagnosis, however they can dramatically improve quality of life. When Nichole took her medications she needed them. There was no doubt. Once she weaned off of them.....she was watched closely by both me and her psychiatrist......and she did well. She's not been on them for several years now nor has she needed them. Nichole is not "cured" per se as to be honest other than the borderline we're not certain her diagnosis was accurate. She was severely depressed when she needed medications, but that doesn't necessarily mean she was bipolar. (she was never manic) And a person can suffer a period of severe depression without being chronically depressed. Know what I mean?? That said, I often worry about psychiatric medications as they're not developed to treat psychiatric conditions......usually how they affect someone psychiatric wise is stumbled upon and then docs start saying oh well it has this affect let's try it to help this. I don't necessarily think that is such a good idea short term or long term. I'd much rather see drug companies develop medications specifically for psychiatric use instead....hopefully with fewer side effects. All medications, regardless of what you take them for, have the potential for side effects. Some so bad you wonder why on earth the medication would ever be scripted to someone. The why is easy, benefit outweighs the risk. Or at least that is the way it is supposed to be. I swear some docs never give the risks a thought. I also worry about dosages I see. High doses for adults, but also for children. Some much too high......some like BFF who was on an outrageously high dose of paxil (od level) simply because 1. doctor didn't know what he was doing and 2. she refused to take anything else. It actually infuriates me that BFF won a lawsuit against the company that makes Paxil because her son Seth has special needs. BFF knew the danger to the fetus when she opted to stay on her outrageously high dose. She also knew the danger to the fetus when she drank during the entire pregnancy and several other things. But here is the kicker......they proved Seth has CP and autism because of dr error during/after delivery years before her lawsuit against paxil. And she still won. (and we wonder why our medical/medication costs are so high) And yes, paxil obviously was doing nothing for bff therapeutic wise. When she had to switch psychiatrists she was forced to go back down to the starter dose of paxil while other medications were added......they were never able to wean her off the medication completely as her body had become to used to it. It can be difficult when modern medicine seems so advanced to remember that as far as mental health goes we're still in the infancy stage and there is so much they just don't know, regardless if they admit it or not. [/QUOTE]
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