"Is it Me or my meds" - by David A Karp - an Online book preview

[ConcernedCanuk]

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I can't paste or copy text from it

So here's an excerpt I typed from page 26 into notepad

any errors/inconsistencies to the link in the following are mine -


"I went from crying all the time and feeling sad all the time to just not feeling anything." When I asked her which was worse, the depression or the numbness, she said:

That's a tough question. .. . Being numb is easier I think, than being sad and depressed all the time, but I think it's . . . much more dangerous. I stopped caring about everything. I stopped caring about life. I stopped caring about whether I woke up in the morning. I stopped caring about just everything.

is it me or my meds - Living With Antidepressants by David A. Karp
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I stumbled on this while researching possible interactions between doxepin and melatonin

Thought this may interest someone here.

[hermetic]

1. Thank you for posting that

Very informative. It's gonna take a while to read the whole thing, though. I thought this was an interesting statement:

"Drawing inspiration from an earlier generation of social scientists who insisted that mental illness is nothing more than a politically inspired label for nonconforming behavior.....

we must learn how psychiatric patients themselves -- the real experts in their drama-- try to make sense of what their prescribed medications do to them and for them."

I look forward to learning more.

Hope you are doing well.

:hug:

[hunter]

2. Without meds I'm impossible to live with.

Even with meds I'm pushing it.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. I understand the necessity of medication for many people

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But I think our doctors are too quick to just write out a prescription and say "get back to me, see if this works".

But then, some, and I stress SOME, have gotten the wrong med,

and by the time they wind down the dosage from the original script,

THEN THEY NEED SOMETHING ELSE TO HANDLE THAT!

and so on.

I'm lucky, I got on the wrong med, but figured it out before I got even up to what they call a "maintenance" dose.

I never saw a shrink - no analysis, just a GP who wrote out a script after talking with me for 2 minutes.

I've checked all over on different websites regarding my med, which is a mild one to begin with, and am doing a slow reduction in my intake.

I diarize my dosage, time and amount, and will track any differences I notice.

None so far, other than I feel BETTER.

I'm 57, never been a pill-popper other than some vitamins/minerals, and only on meds once before over 20 years ago for depression after a major emotional hit.

At that time, 3 months meds, plus the time factor - problem solved.

This time, multiple emotional/financial issues - time passes, that massive amount of emotional strain dims.

It's called healing.

[hunter]

4. Unfortunately my own mood can be entirely unrelated to circumstances.

I'll looks for reason to be in a good mood or a bad mood, but there is no reason.

The health care industry is rotten, especially the pharmaceutical industry. They occasionally find something that works for some limited group of people, but then they will lie, cheat, and steal to "expand the market," and in doing so they harm people.

[ConcernedCanuk]

As I indicated, Some people need meds, no argument on that

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But thee is no way that even the smartest "doctor" can tell you what you "need" for a chemical imbalance in a rushed 2 minute "interview"

No Way.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. Self delete dupe