Mom Confessions
I have seen this said a few times on here. The blanket statement that every person with a mental illness that requires medication thinks they don't need medication. This is NOT true. Yes for some mental illnesses there are usually periods where a person thinks they don't need medication and that MAY cause them to stop. However, not every person with a mental illness thinks they don't need meds. From what I have seen on here a lot of us recognize that we need to be medicated even when we feel good.
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Perhaps what you are saying is true about the people you know. But with my own personal, real life experience, every single mental health patient that I know, (and I have at least 4 in mind right now), deny they have a long term issue and not one of them take their medications as directed. If at all.
All four of them basically deny and blame their issues on just about anything except mental illness.
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I am one of these people. I have been on soooo many different meds for bipolar with depression, and I get better for a few months, then they taper back off. Over the past year, I've started learning to manage without meds and am actually doing quite well, but I wish I could find something that would help. I do have an anxiety pill I take every now and again, but that's it.
Quoting ColleenF30:
I agree. Also sometimes meds don't work for some people with mental illness.
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also, some people with mental illness may not need meds. sometimes therapy alone works for some
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the question still remains....when are YOU going to get on some meds?
Quoting ElitestJen:
The mentally ill people that I know want to take their meds because they want to function. Yes, the side effects suck sometimes, but being crazy sucks more. -
Celexa. I'm not sure if it is in the same family as risperidol or not though. I also have Xanax for really bad days.
Quoting ElitestJen:
I've heard of yawning.....risperidol?
Sadly, weight gain is very common.
Quoting RayneofTerror:
I hate that weight gain is a side effect of my medicine. And yawning (weird right?) but I freaking need them man. I can't function with out. :)
Quoting ElitestJen:
The mentally ill people that I know want to take their meds because they want to function. Yes, the side effects suck sometimes, but being crazy sucks more.
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Agree with you. Most of the blanket statements on this site about mental illness are pure ignorance. Bipolar here. I went through years of going on and off meds, thinking I could live without them. But since having children, and getting on a medication, I truly understand that I need this medication to live. I never knew what being happy was before I was on it and now I know my brain needs the medication to function correctly and I'm ok with that :-)
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No, they're not in the same class. Celexa is an SSRI. Risperidol is an anti-psychotic.
Quoting RayneofTerror:
Celexa. I'm not sure if it is in the same family as risperidol or not though. I also have Xanax for really bad days.
Quoting ElitestJen:
I've heard of yawning.....risperidol?
Sadly, weight gain is very common.
Quoting RayneofTerror:
I hate that weight gain is a side effect of my medicine. And yawning (weird right?) but I freaking need them man. I can't function with out. :)
Quoting ElitestJen:
The mentally ill people that I know want to take their meds because they want to function. Yes, the side effects suck sometimes, but being crazy sucks more.
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I know there are no meds for autism! He's 11 years old so I kind of know something about it. He takes a mood stabilizer that controls his aggression, he takes an anti depressant and he takes another med for his verbal tics. Not one of them is labeled an autism drug. We treat symtoms, so he can live as normal of a life as possible. He's active in church, school and 4H, so we must be doing something right.
Sorry im edgy this morning.
Quoting Anonymous:
There are no meds for autism. What meds does your ds take? My ds takes meds for his ADHD, but he has autism too.
Quoting kansasmom1978:
I have a panic disorder. I know I need meds. I don't want to have panic attacks. My son has autism, he knows he needs meds.
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Awwww....did I hurt your feelings at some point? That's so sweet....
Quoting Anonymous:
the question still remains....when are YOU going to get on some meds?
Quoting ElitestJen:
The mentally ill people that I know want to take their meds because they want to function. Yes, the side effects suck sometimes, but being crazy sucks more.
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Thankfully, I don't need an anti psychotic. But if I did, I would take it. I like being stable more than I like being thin. My family deserves better from me too.
Quoting ElitestJen:
No, they're not in the same class. Celexa is an SSRI. Risperidol is an anti-psychotic.
Quoting RayneofTerror:
Celexa. I'm not sure if it is in the same family as risperidol or not though. I also have Xanax for really bad days.
Quoting ElitestJen:
I've heard of yawning.....risperidol?
Sadly, weight gain is very common.
Quoting RayneofTerror:
I hate that weight gain is a side effect of my medicine. And yawning (weird right?) but I freaking need them man. I can't function with out. :)
Quoting ElitestJen:
The mentally ill people that I know want to take their meds because they want to function. Yes, the side effects suck sometimes, but being crazy sucks more.