Benefits of meds

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what is your benefits of meds

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I’m more or less independent.

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Supposed to make voices quiet

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I haven’t had a psychosis since I was put on them.

I can focus on real things instead of being trapped in my imagination.

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Pdoc said I would bring back psychosis if I went off them….

my main benefit from zyprexa 15mg I sleep very well from it

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Maybe the new meds will be more helpful in the future to stop voices completely

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It is great to know meds can be helpful aiding psychosis, before the 1950s they had no form of meds

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That sounds scary doesn’t it

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yes because most were just locked up suffering in pych hospitals with no proper care in many cases

I studied all the history of mental illness treatments

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And they did torture us with things like lobotomy and ice baths, insulin injections and nasty stuff like that in order to find a cure.

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Awe man that’s scary

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yes barbaric in many cases, very sad and difficult times back then

at least nowadays we are better treated

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another benefit is I’m more chilled out and relaxed

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The benefit of my meds is staying out of the hospital and not regularly engaging with law enforcement. I sleep well, too, but can’t control my appetite. That’s the only downside…

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Benefits are that my mind is quiet and I’m stable. No mania or horribly depressive lows. I still get situational lows, but not bipolar lows.

I’m hungry a lot, but the trade off is worth it for a quiet mind that can focus.

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Even though it’s a shadow of life before psychosis, I can have a life.

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Meds in conjunction with stress management work very well together. It takes multiple factors to be healthy.

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I agree, it’s often not as simple as one thing. I mean bread is MOSTLY flour but if I hand you a cup of flour is that bread? No! You need maybe 50% flour, 25% water some salt some yeast etc etc. I think mental illness is the same. The brain is complex. It’s rarely if ever one thing. I think it’s best to take a shotgun strategy and try to blitz it on all sides…. Meds, stress relief, supplements, therapy, good diet, exercise, good general health.

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With the meds I pass as normal, experience no delusion or paranoia, and have minimal voices.

Without them I’m a raving lunatic.

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They keep positive symptoms in check and that’s about it.

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