Disorders and America

godix · Post by **godix** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:57 pm

SQ wrote:Long story short, I stopped taking the pills behind their backs, no crash and burn EVER occurred, and I'm doing WAY better now.

Somehow I missed this post when it was current but still, I just want to say to anyone on medications for mental illness, do not do this. The first time I had to take my wife to the hospital was for something similar to this. She ended up as an involuntary patient in the mental ward of the hospital for several weeks and it took around half a year to get back to the point she was. Seriously. I still have her suicide note around here somewhere. If someone wants to get off the medicine then fine, I'm not stupid enough to claim the doctors know everything, but phase off that shit. If for no other reason just do it because it sucks being a spouse/parent/whatever and having to learn really really quickly the legal requirements of hospitalizing someone against their will. Different drugs require different types of phasing off of so look it up the specifics on the internet but regardless, do not just stop cold turkey.

SQ · Post by SQ » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:36 pm

I didn't stop cold turkey, I just decided that a long description about how I phased off wasn't needed.

Still, valuable information to have, Godix.

Then again, I only had Depression, not Schizophrenia or Manic Depressive Disorder or anything special like that.

Or maybe Manic Depressive is the same thing as regular diagnosed Depression, now. Who knows any more.

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:02 am

i recently stopped zoloft cold turkey (where the fuck did this term come from?).
i wasn't suicidal or anything though. just mildly depressed i guess

Ch3aLs3A L!n@ · Post by **Ch3aLs3A L!n@** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:45 am

it wasn't bad after all using zoloft

and every one can be depress even me though last few week I'ma emo (in one side of my room) when I had a break up so I take zoloft now T_T though I know it wasn't needed for me but it doesn't mean Ima suicidal

godix · Post by **godix** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:49 am

SQ wrote:Or maybe Manic Depressive is the same thing as regular diagnosed Depression, now. Who knows any more.

They're different. Depressed is, well, depressed. Sad, unmotivated, etc. We all know what that is. Maniac depressive is properly called Bipolar now. Biopolar is extreme mood swings from very hyper to very depressed over a period of days. When I say hyper think 'drug addict in need of a fix' type hyper not 'chibi anime' type hyper. We're talking about swinging from moods where won't be able to sleep for three days, jitter all the time like they just downed a pot of coffee, and no one knows what the fuck they're talking about since they can't stick to a thought process for more than 5 seconds. Then a week later they're contemplating suicide. There's also something called fast bipolar which will go through those mood swings in a matter of hours instead of days.

Ch3aLs3A L!n@ · Post by **Ch3aLs3A L!n@** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:15 am

guess your not the one of those but if that will happen I shared some day's in your funeral I'll pay it for 5 days viewings.

starcat09 · Post by **starcat09** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:31 pm

~| Ch3aLs3A L!n@ |~ wrote: guess your not the one of those but if that will happen I shared some day's in your funeral I'll pay it for 5 days viewings.

...what? o_O

I knew a bipolar guy. He was only being treated for the depression, though, and he could be pretty scary sometimes. Thankfully he's much better now, and is no longer as completely whacked-out as he was sometimes.

I'm glad the only actual mental problem I have is a phobia of the movie The Sixth Sense. Small, odd but not harmful, and easily avoided.

CHAMELEON_D_H · Post by **CHAMELEON_D_H** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:40 pm

The solution - disorder claiming disorder.

Ch3aLs3A L!n@ · Post by **Ch3aLs3A L!n@** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:45 pm

CHAMELEON_D_H wrote:The solution - disorder claiming disorder.

umm......

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:06 pm

Personally, i don't believe in treating common 'disorders' like depression and ADD and what not with medication. I like dealing with my problems on my own, if a doctor ever said "Steve, you have ADD, here's some ritilin." I'd ask him if he knew kids on ritilin are 30% more likely to kill them selves, if said yes, i'd throw the bottle at him and tell him to go kill himself then. If he said no, then he shouldn't subscribe it if he doesn't know the effects and i'd be even more pissed.

As for the depression issue, everyone gets depressed. IF it's bad enough you cry every hour and can't leave your house, seek help, if not, deal with it on your own terms. Or go smoke some weed and see if that helps, at least it won't make u have a heart attack at 30 or commit suicide.

Strange that i'm pro-drug and anti-adrug at the same time, huh?