MoonlitSunshine

I had written a big long post about how I have a Paranoid Schizophrenic cousin, then pressed back by mistake and lost it all

Long story short: dj, be careful when you just dump your medication like that, doctors generally know best and if you don't want to talk to one about how the drugs weren't working, at least tell a friend you trust that you're not on meds so that they can tell you if you start acting oddly: as I'm sure you know, one of the major problems with the condition is that your actions never seem crazy to yourself (which led to huge problems with my cousin, he never wanted to take his drugs, to the point where he had to be tied down and injected with them at one point, which was a pretty harrowing experience (he's doing better now)).

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djchameleon

Technically with my condition, I wouldn't have any friends that I trusted at all especially with this information or that I don't take meds but I'm fine seriously. The worst outcome of me not taking my meds is going into deep depression but I don't even think that's related to me not taking my meds because I have always taken my meds sporadically. I told my dr. straight up that I refuse to take anymore meds and I told her what would happen if she prescribed them to me. I would just go to the pharmacy, pick them up , get home and flush them. Waste of tax payer dollars imo. I don't view medication like it's some special cure-all that can help.

I do just fine without medication. You guys interact with me socially on a daily basis and you'd never know I had a condition if I didn't speak up and say something.

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Howard the Duck

i usually get my supply from a government-funded hospital for free, I only pay for Olanzapine which is too expensive for them to subsidise - it costs about USD100 per month

they should do that to my fren - she calls me up and shouts at me for no apparent reason, I get phone calls at 4 in the morning, she calls my house at midnight, she can't take a hint when I don't wanna do lunch with her

MoonlitSunshine

hmmm... just be careful. A lot of intelligent people do work on developing these things. A lot of them are experimental, yes, but to disregard them entirely strikes me as a little reckless Perhaps it's because I know a lot of doctors and med students, but I do have faith in their abilities!

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djchameleon

pfft, I'm to the point where I don't even trust doctors especially my own. At one point I felt like she was just a drug dealer for the government. Trying to get me to try all these different types to find out which one I get addicted to and have to take on a monthly basis. The whole operation is corrupt. The insurance companies to the doctors to the pharmaceutical companies all of them are getting fat off of our misfortune.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.

MoonlitSunshine

lol. Now that's paranoid! I dunno, maybe it's different in America. Certainly here and in the UK, doctors are trustworthy.

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Howard the Duck

I'm actually more of a liability to the government for the meds they give me

now my first quack (private) psychiatrist - he was my personal drug dealer

crukster

nah tbh I've got that feeling from some doctors here in the UK. It's not even just mental related issues - I saw a GP who's specialty is dermatology to show her some funky looking moles, she was trying to peddle me acne hormone pills and I dont even have acne. It's bad to say, but they make their money off prescriptions you know.

MoonlitSunshine

Jeez, maybe I've just been ridiculously lucky with doctors then.

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djchameleon

If you really think about it, it makes sense.

Doctors push the pills of the pharmaceutical companies so that they can get more money and in turn some doctors are using that extra money to pay off all of the school loans that they had to take out for their profession in the first place plus any yearly fees they have to pay for being able to practice.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.