Posted by Christ_empowered on August 21, 2013, at 13:46:24
In reply to Re: screw the shrinks » Christ_empowered, posted by Partlycloudy on August 21, 2013, at 11:43:48
I think the deal is...I used to be prematurely aged and homely and they also thought no one cared about me. The treatment I received is probably more along the lines of what low income and/or minority people with severe problems get, as opposed to what middle, upper-middle, and upper class white people get (especially men).So, what makes my story atypical is that I come from a family that's financially comfortable, well-connected, I'm white, I'm male, and...oh yeah...I've been healed by "somebody up there."
If you look at the stats, you see that minorities are often given "schizophrenia" diagnoses more often and also given higher doses of antipsychotics (this despite the fact that many minorities don't metabolize neuroleptics as quickly as white people).
Drugs can help. My Abilify+neurontin, PRN, anti-hospitalization combo, plus the Orthomolecular, keeps me out of harm's way. That's about as much as can be expected. My problem is with **psychiatry** as a form of social control. Also, they medicalize everyday life, which means we're encouraged to turn control of our life over to "experts" who apparently know how to live our lives better than we do. Thanks, psychiatry.
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