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What it is like to be on psychiatric medication (trigger warning)

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@dfb

Thank you for your concern.

As always, the members of this border of terrifically supportive, but it’s my turn to be supportive.

I am no longer taking any psychiatric medications and haven’t for sometime now.

I am the best version of myself I have ever been.

This is a poem I wrote the deepest despair.

I sent it to McLean Hospital and they’re publishing it and I’m hoping Mayo will do the same.

This is the reality of psychiatric medication’s.

They’ve been developed by an industry that generates massive profits at the expense of human suffering.

And I intend to do what I can to stop it.

I am better than I have any right to be and I’m gonna tell my story everywhere.

They should’ve killed me when they had the chance.

We will all live in peace and good health soon.

David

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Laurie, Volunteer Mentor | @roch | 4 days ago

I am so glad your doing better, when read post this morning I was very concerned about you.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | 4 days ago

Thanks for explaining that this is not your current state of mind, David. You had members very worried, myself included.

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willbt | @willbt | 3 days ago

David,
It is likely not big pharma but the doctor who prescribed the wrong medication for you. I've been on psych meds for 30 years - all prescribed by a sharp, knowledgeable shrink - and they saved my life. I feel the good the meds are working in my mind and body.
This is not to say that big pharma is terrific, but the medical practitioner dispensing your poison needs to take some responsibility. And you can always change docors!

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milly54 | @milly54 | 2 days ago

The reality of these pharmaceutical drugs for people with real psychiatric disorders is that they’re life saving. They saved my own life and I’m forever grateful I’m still here with my own kids and family. I don’t appreciate people saying these drugs are “the problem” because that contributes to the stigma of the mentally ill not seeking help. The majority of people need these drugs to function. Just because these drugs weren’t right for you doesn’t mean they’re wrong for everyone, and you should be more responsible with such statements on a public platform.

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