What are your thoughts on psych drugs, such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilisers, etc?
Doctors love to prescribe these drugs. But they have very bad side effects, based on what I’ve read. And they can give you strong withdrawals when you try to come off them. Also, should we really be medicalising emotions and taking drugs to emotionally cope with the world? Maybe we need things like friends, family, social connections, to make the world more enjoyable.
What do you think?
They can be useful, but they’re far too over-prescribed, and their effects are hyped, and risks understated. Patients are discouraged from seeking balanced information, and often are made to feel like they have no other options. And too often medication is used as a first-line defense against mental and emotional health struggles. A lot of the science that supports their efficacy and safety has been corrupted.
One of my favorite mental health sites is Mad in America; but as far as medication-specific, the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition is a pretty decent site too.
I am so in agreement with the benzodiazepines information. I had my own journey being prescribed them, taking them as prescribed, then being cut off and going through the worst withdrawal.