Does anybody take medication for mental illness?

Hmmm ok n.n
I'm diagnosed as paranoid personality, and I take an antidepressant (Sertraline) and an antipsychotic (haloperidol). My dose is lower than the lowest reported. I have decreased it, but sometimes I take mi old high dose when I feel specially bad. Do I like them? No. I hate the side effects: sleepiness by haloperidol and anxiety by sertraline. So imagine me as an hysteric Sleepy Beauty :b I feel faaaaar more relaxed and equilibrated with a nice cup of chamomile tea and a glass of wine. As my dose is really low, I can drink alcohol with moderation, but I still don't like it. Those medicines are supposed to reduce my emotional outbursts, which yeah they accomplish but I end up being a dumbass that doesn't trusts in her own fears and ends up talking with strangers or giving information she shouldn't. In fact, that's what I most hate about them: they make me faaaaar too honest, in fact I told mom about NoFap under my medicines effects :/ it was a good thing in the long term but I sometimes still think I shouldn't. My illness is not worse, yes, it's better, but not that much. My psychologist was completely useless btw, so that's a point too: a BIG part of the recovery from any mental desease Is the inner therapy that pulls you out the hole. It isn't easy. I hope my pathetic experience is useful

 

I take medication for bipolar and another medication for a hyper sex drive associated with bipolar. The meds are Rx by my psych and they work wonders.

 

I have autism and before I was allowed to apply for my disability benefit, I was forced to try out at least 8 different types of medications (mostly SSRI's) that came at my expense, but none of them worked or helped in any way.

In fact for me all It did was make me paranoid, my anxiety and misophonia were so much worse, and my emotions were blank and lifeless in the process. Personally I'd rather try and deal with it naturally, as I don't seem to take too kindly to most medications and their side effects.

 

Im undiagnosed and idk on the exact illness, if i have one. But i think i may or may not depression, i think theres different levels and im not as intense as others. I may also just be sad sometimes. Who knows? But i smoke weed, thats my medication.

Umm.. sure. Why not? Its defintely not a cure by any means. Sometimes w my anxiety, it gets worse when high but idk. Just depends, i know it isnt the chemical compound or anything, its me. I just get stressed extremely easily.

Built it way up my dude. Like.. yeah man. Specifics dont matter but yes, everybody that smokes semi regurarly has. Tolerance wasnt one consistent way up though.

You lost me. I would 100% get by w/o my medication. I have gotten by without it handsomely and i probably will again get by w/o sometime.

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& before people start to get on my case, im semi-joking

 

Yeah, I take Efexxor and Olanzapine. They treat my depression and psychosis, respectively. Efexxor has been working for me for about 5 years and the Olanzapine I've been taking for about 3 years. They don't remove the illnesses altogether, but they do help make the side effects more manageable. I experience hallucinations and that's what hurts me the most; it's much worse than depression.

 

Autism is not a mental illness.

 

Depends who you talk to about that as even a lot of doctors and therapists disagree, but either way the depression and anxiety that come with it counts. My anxiety isn't going to leave period, and I'll have to live and deal with that for the rest of my life. Depression comes and goes, the worse my anxiety is the more easily I get depressed.

So while autism itself may not be a mental illness, I do have to deal with OCD, anxiety, depression, etc.

 

I think medicines should be avoided at all cost
Talk therapy is what I prefer

 

I'm not a fan of the standard talk therapy, and while I wouldn't do it again I did get some results from CBT. In terms of medicines it really depends on what they are, I try to do as much background checking as possible on something I have to take or if a doctor tried prescribing me something.