#psychiatric medications

[northridgebehavioralhealth]

Stress affects both the mind and body, making it essential to prioritize psychiatric care that addresses holistic well-being. Through personalized treatment plans, individuals can learn effective stress management techniques tailored to their unique needs. Psychiatric encompasses various therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based practices, proven to reduce stress and enhance mental health.

#Emotional Support #Mental Health Support #Psychiatric Medications

[testimonybehavioralhealth]

While mental health conditions affect millions of people worldwide, finding the ideal medication can often be a challenging journey. Fortunately, advancements in healthcare, such as pharmacogenomic testing, are revolutionizing how we approach prescribing psychiatric medication. As experts in behavioral health care in Bowie, Maryland, we at Testimony Behavioral Health strive to shed light on this practice.

#Psychiatric Advancements #Psychiatric Medications #Treatment Plans

[exousiabehavioralhealth]

Certainly, the effectiveness of various mental health interventions can vary widely depending on individual needs and circumstances. Some individuals may benefit greatly from psychotherapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, which helps them address and manage specific issues like anxiety or depression. Exousia Behavioral Health has made this blog to help you out.

#Health Monitoring #Mental Wellness #Psychiatric Medications

[giritina]

(Edit: just to be clear I don't mean to emphasize this girl with the tattoo as the primary perpetrator if this stuff. Idk her story, it's in kind of bad taste but there's more to this than a tattoo)

I saw this great video discussing a critique of "lobotomycore"/"lobotomy chic" and the erasure of the racist history of lobotomies.

I can't add further on the subject of race, but as a person with schizotypal I did connect it with this image

(Source, though I have not verified it by sifting through the archive)

"Lobotomy chic" and the humor surrounding it is used so often by people who I've seen have zero empathy for schizophrenic people. For disables people generally.

Even just looking at how they treat an actual lobotomy victim, Rosemary Kennedy, even when she's that archetypical 40s white woman. Her disability is erased.

Here's a popular tiktok about her. No context, just images of her younger self and her older self. Simply "she was normal, glamorous, and then she became strange, disabled." Oftentimes, her intellectual disability is treated more as a conspiracy theory than a fact of her not receiving enough oxygen at birth. People are happy to relate to her as a ~poorly behaved woman~, but not as an intellectually disabled one.

It just reminds me how this has become a sort of coquetteish phrase and a universal joke that erases everything except the low support needs disabled white woman's experience. The idea that for your eccentricities, you'd be at risk. That you might be the only one at risk, so there's no need for solidarity with the intellectually disabled, the schizophrenic and psychotic, anyone with profound or uncomfortable disabilities. Times ten thousand if those disabled people are black. And god forbid they are disabled, black, AND homeless.

#disability theory #schizophrenia #actually schizophrenic #schizospectrum #disability rights #disability justice #long post #psychiatric abuse tw #racial abuse tw #ableism tw #medical abuse tw

[uberrapidash]

Antidepressant use has reached epidemic proportions across the world and is still rising, especially among young people. Many people who take them suffer side effects and withdrawal problems that can be really severe and debilitating. A major driver of this situation is the false belief that depression is due to a chemical imbalance. It is high time to inform the public that this belief is not grounded in science.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-effects/202207/decisive-blow-the-serotonin-hypothesis-depression?amp

[Highlights:]

Revisiting the history of this controversy raises several still-relevant details. In December 2005, as advertising for SSRI antidepressants flooded American magazines, talk shows, and network TV, the result of multibillion-dollar campaigns pitched in this case directly to consumers, Florida-based professors and researchers Jeffrey Lacasse and Jonathan Leo asked pointedly in PLoS Medicine, “Are the claims made in SSRI advertising congruent with the scientific evidence?”

The answer in “Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect Between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature,” their well-researched article, was a resounding no. The resulting “incongruence,” they determined, was “remarkable and possibly unparalleled.”

The FDA had accepted aspirational language that the drugs “help to restore the brain’s chemical balance” and “bring serotonin levels closer to normal,” even though both claims were, and remain, scientifically meaningless.

The hedge proved highly effective, even though it entailed embracing or tacitly accepting “the marketing of a myth.”

Inevitably, the problem of spreading false scientific information dovetails with that of medical ethics and the risk of enabling medically-induced harms. Because physicians swear to uphold the Hippocratic oath Primum non nocere (“First Do No Harm”), Lacasse and Leo questioned “the ethics of telling a falsehood to patients because you think it is good for them.”

...researchers found “there is no evidence of a connection between reduced serotonin levels or activity and depression.”

Although “the serotonin hypothesis of depression is still influential,” Moncrieff and coauthors noted, citing widely adopted textbooks published as recently as 2020 and surveys indicating that “85-90 percent of the public believes that depression is caused by low serotonin or a chemical imbalance,” the primary research indicates there is “no support for the hypothesis that depression is caused by lowered serotonin activity or concentrations.”

The researchers also looked at studies where serotonin levels had been “artificially lowered in hundreds of people” (by depriving their diets of the necessary amino acid that makes serotonin) and found that “lowering serotonin in this way did not produce depression in hundreds of healthy volunteers,” according to a 2007 meta-analysis and several recent studies.

The researchers also looked at “the effects of stressful life events and found that these exerted a strong effect on people’s risk of becoming depressed—the more of these a person had experienced, the more likely they were to be depressed.”

The practical ramifications of the umbrella review are thus vast and consequential, involving millions of people across multiple countries because the findings are tied to a discredited theory that is still fueling mass prescribing on a global basis."

"Patients should not be told that depression is caused by low serotonin or by a chemical imbalance and they should not be led to believe that antidepressants work by targeting these hypothetical and unproven abnormalities. In particular, the idea that antidepressants work in the same way as insulin for diabetes is completely misleading."

Antidepressant use has reached epidemic proportions across the world and is still rising, especially among young people. Many people who take them suffer side effects and withdrawal problems that can be really severe and debilitating. A major driver of this situation is the false belief that depression is due to a chemical imbalance. It is high time to inform the public that this belief is not grounded in science."

#ssri #ssris #serotonin #depression #mdd #mental illness #mental health #psychiatry #psychiatrists #psychiatric medications #psych meds #antidepressants #antidepressant

[creatively-joy]

4 Reasons You Might Need Meds and Why You Might Need a Psych Med

4 Reasons You Might Need Meds and Why You Might Need a Psych Med

There are many illnesses that require meds and you can’t always go the natural route. There are 8 different routes for drugs. Stimulants, inhalants, cannabinoids, depressants, opioids, steroids, hallucinogens, and prescription drugs. The goals of medicine as defined by the AMA Journal of Ethics are fourfold: (1) The prevention of disease and injury and the promotion and maintenance of health; (2)…

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#allergies #asthma #diabetes #infections #medicine #medicine is good #physical #psychiatric medications #seizures #spiritual

[armands-eyefuckery]

please reblog for larger sample size!

#interview with the vampire #vampire #honestly i have no idea what to tag this so it gets further I'm not proficient in tumblr #the vampire chronicles #i wanted to be a pet. immortality always felt like a curse to me #now that I'm older and have discovered psychiatric medication it seems more fun so any vampires out there want to curse me?

[neuroticboyfriend]

i know us schizos can be relatively lax about the word schizo... but for people who aren't on the schizophrenia spectrum, please remember... it is a slur, or at the very least, a derogatory term. maybe don't say it (unless we're okay with you calling us it), especially not to separate yourselves from us.

context: i just saw someone say "i'm not a fucking schizo" when talking about their misdiagnosis and resulting trauma. this could have been done without using a slur, especially given how much we also face misdiagnosis and medical/psychiatric trauma. we're in this together, not apart.

#softspoonie #ableist language cw #ableism #sanism #schizophrenia #schizoaffective #schizotypal #schizoid #schizospec #schizophrenia spectrum #schizophrenic #mentally ill #medical trauma #neurodivergent #psychiatric abuse #misdiagnosis #psych survivor #survivor #trauma survivor #abuse survivor

[homo-sex-shoe-whale]

What happened to this blog it used to be so unhinged here

Here’s what happened

#what happened? fucking psychiatric medication

[compassionatereminders]

I just started reading this book and it's definitely raising a very important critique of psychiatry, even as it's horrific to dive into...

#kat gets personal #medical neglect tw #medical abuse tw #forced treatment tw #forced hospitalization tw #forced medication tw #psychiatric abuse tw #hospitalization tw #institutionalization tw #ableism tw

[frnkiebby]

cuuttiiieeeee~🎃

#how does he go from gorgeous beefcake to wholesome sweetiepie #he’s too fucking adorable #i need medical assistance #probably just psychiatric assistance but whatever #that’s what therapy’s for #not that she knows about my…..infatuation….with Mr. Frank Anthony Iero jr #i can’t help it #he’s just so pretty #frnkiebby #frank iero #mcr #frnkiero #mcr5 #mcrmy #frnkie #my chemical romance #my chem

[dog-gutz]

This Friday Molly got to meet a robot! The local junior high robotics team dedicated some time to come to the nursing home where I work so the patients could see their robot and learn about how it works! Me and my coworkers agreed it was a great opportunity for Molly to learn how to function around unexpected things, she did VERY well considering you don't see robots everyday. The team was nice enough to let me get a photo of the bot with Molly, and she thoroughly enjoyed watching it wander around the floor (I let her watch the bot for awhile since it was a new experience and expecting her to focus right away was just completely unrealistic). She was able to effectively task and listen to commands even while watching her environment which is exactly what I hoped for. Great job Molly!

#robotics #first robotics competition #first robotics #mobility service dog #psychiatric service dog #service dog in training #service dog #service dogs #sd #sdit #medical alert dog #pots #potsie #pots syndrome #actually ptsd #ptsd #complex ptsd #actually bipolar #actually bpd #mentally disabled #actually mentally ill #physically disabled #stem #mine

[that-bipolar-mood]

Being medicated doesn't mean becoming normal.

There's this trope I've seen in media, mentally ill that take meds and suddenly become neurotypical. To me this was a harmful fantasy, thinking that medicine means cure, and a fast one.

The reality of meds is often disappointing. You still find your limitations and differences. Lots of underground symptoms and sensitivities don't ever vanish.

Being bipolar myself it often left me perplexed, the fact that I was receiving correct treatment, but still struggled. Not with acute episodes, just a baby version of previous symptoms.

I'm trying to accept bipolar as my personal disability. I figured that medicine is my support, like a cane could be for those with physical disabilities. It means I'm still not like the rest and I will always struggle, but man is it nice to have some help...

#bipolar disorder #disability #psychiatric medication #medication #actuallybipolar #actually bipolar #manic depression #actually mentally ill #manic depressive #actually manic #mania #bipolar mania #bipolar 1 #bipolar 2 #bipolar ii #bipolar depression #bipolar i #bipolar #lithium #lamotrigine #seroquel #zyprexa #abilify #prozac #fluoxetine #lexapro

[angelnumber27]

Psychiatrists should directly at least even just briefly explain side effects instead of just asking symptoms and being like okay so you’re depressed? Let’s try *enter antidepressant* and boom you’re done. I know prescriptions almost always come with informational papers but I really truly doubt that most people read them. I honestly just feel it’s wrong and very careless to not disclose side effects to a patient and discuss those things with the patient before prescribing a medication.

#medical #psychiatry #psychiatric medication #medication #medicines #depression #anxiety #side effects #important #psych #last several times I was prescribed something she heard me speak on my symptoms for 5 seconds then just put me on some shit. #that isn’t how it should be done #in my humble and true opinion

[fictionkinfessions]

Some of y'all really think therapy is a cure all, huh? Even ignoring the points that some people can't access therapy or may already be in therapy, you guys do realize that for some people therapy can do more harm than good, right? Some therapists can be abusive or bigoted or just plain bad at their jobs.

Most therapists aren't taught anything about autism and how it works unless they specialize is it, and autism can completely change how well a treatment will work, for example an autistic person's brain is often more prone to lopping information or getting stuck in it, which can cause treatments like EMDR, meant to help desensitize a person to their trauma, can have an adverse effect and actually re-traumatize the person instead (hi this happened to me) and most therapists aren't made aware of that.

Some people have trauma from being forced into psych wards against their will and can't trust therapists anymore out of fear that it will happen again the moment they seem a little too unstable or suicidal.

Don't get me wrong, therapy can be great and it can absolutely help people, but there's no such thing as a one size fits all treatment, therapy is not for everyone and survivors of therapy abuse are often to to just sit down and shut up because we're obviously either too crazy or too stupid to know what we're talking about. Please take it from someone who's been in and out of therapy since pre-school and is now in their 30s, forcing therapy on someone who isn't willing for one reason or another will only make them more resentful and more resistant. I ended up quitting therapy, likely for good, after months of my therapist trying to pressure me into ketamine and shock therapy even though I told her over and over that I wasn't comfortable with the idea, and I have genuinely never felt better about myself, if I go back it will be kicking and screaming.

x

#fictionkinfessions #ask response #mod party cat #ableism cw #classism cw #psychiatric abuse cw #medical abuse cw

[a-cure-for-hysteria]

A RANT ABOUT PARTY DRUGS AND PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS

(Expect little cohesion, don’t want to edit this after writing)

Another thing about medicine (both psychiatric and otherwise) is the lies we - collectively - tell ourselves about them. After seeing Dopesick on HBO, even my most conservatives relatives would agree that it’s “such a shame about that girl” and “who’s to say we wouldn’t end up like that with her life”. Basic empathy - finally - but bear with me.

The characters in Dopesick are pretty much fine until they are so tolerant or have been on Oxy so long that no doctor is willing to prescribe more. Then, they’re off to the streets, doing anything they can for oxy, heroin, later fentanyl. The only thing they had in common was some sort of injury happen to them, and a doctor sponsored by Purdue Pharma.

Personally, I have (due to a long list of diagnoses, of which none have been revoked as I got new ones, for some reason) automatically renewed prescriptions in almost all the drug categories. I have amphetamines, cannabinoids, zolpidem, pregabalin and benzodiazepines. If I ask nicely and have a good reason, I get Oxy too - luckily for me, my body has some sort of allergic reaction to opioids, so addiction is unlikely.

However, my cornucopia of legally prescribed substances is a constant, looming threat to my continued well-being, made even more so by the fact that I need them to survive. I just have to NOT go overboard. Sometimes that’s easy, sometimes it’s hard.

I’m 30-something now. I live a pretty calm life - child free with cats and a loving partner, somewhere in rural Northern Europe. Before that, I partied hard. I’ve tasted all the substances for fun (and later; out of social necessity) and let me tell you - the effect I get from a rail of amphetamine snorted from a CD cover at 02:47 AM on a Wednesday, at a party (three tweakers in a dirty apartment) I’d never attend sober… that clear, ready feeling, it’s the same as what I get from 60 mg of Vyvanse each morning.

“People with real ADHD don’t get high from their meds!” you might say. Your ignorance is forgiven. There is so much we don’t know about the brain, about ADHD (if it’s even ONE thing and not several, if it’s generic or trauma or both) and let me tell you - me being high on my meds IS what makes me do the dishes. Go to work. Remember how my partner feels before I take all the dinner scraps without asking if they’ve eaten. I am high. I have taken speed at parties and I know. Every day, I know.

There is no inherent difference between the speed you do at a party and the speed your doctor gives you. Sometimes prescribed speed is tied up with lysine, making you wait an hour before it kicks. Sometimes you get BAD speed at parties - levoamphetamine and not dextroamphetamine. Sometimes it’s cut with bad stuff. But - it’s the same. It’s the same it’s the same it’s the same.

I am as addicted as the guy living under the bridge. However, I get to call it meds and everyone is so happy about my go-getter attitude at work, and how I am a valuable asset to the company. My partner rejoices upon learning I now do my half of the chores. My mom says I seem happier, more well-adjusted. A friend tells me she considered just leaving me alone because I never seemed to get my shit together, but now my shit IS together. Nice!

I recently upped my dose from 30 to 2 x 30 mg Vyvanse. No problem - it even says so on the prescription that I can. I’ve been taking out two boxes at the pharmacy every month, but haven’t taken the correct dose since I started. I just didn’t need to, except now and then on stressful days. Now I need 60 mg, and it doesn’t even feel like 30 did in the start. What happens when 60 is no longer enough for me to feel the high that allows me to get anything done? And, am I lying to myself? Would 30 have been fine? I need, need, need the clear, ready feeling. And I need to get shit done. I need people to be happy with me.

Yes, that’s it. I need people to be happy around me. Is there a rehab for that?

#psychiatric medication #adult adhd #adhd memes #adhd things #adhd problems #adhd #audhd #audhd problems #actually audhd #party poison #substance use #psychopharmacology #autism #actually autistic #just adhd things #just autistic things #actually borderline #borderline personality disorder