Medication and the Power to reason

[Twylight]

as a Veteran of Paranoid Schizophrenia, I've got an angle on it, it no longer haunts me
But I think when people first become unwell and are put on Major Tranquilisers, the medication which keeps them out of Psychosis also prevents them from working out ' What on Earth happened '.
They lose the ' Power to Reason '.

 

[Apotheosis]

True. These states can often be worked through; given the right therapeutic environment - But how many in the West are given such an opportunity?

 

[Apotheosis]

How many millions of people have all chances of any possible recovery removed; before they even start? A huge amount of kids are made dependant on drugs now, at the first sign of any 'mental illness'. For most people their circumstances are made utterly hopeless for them from day one.

http://www.breggin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38

 

[Twylight]

Yes, but we can communicate now - on here !!

 

[Apotheosis]

Great - it helps to a degree I suppose - It is a very poor substitute for 'real life' interactions however. I do enjoy the net - it is good for information & networking (meeting people). There does however need to be a balance.

 

[Twylight]

Real lIfe interactions

What tends to happen:

Is that i'll see a patient in town, and neither of us knows if we're taking our tablets.
So to avoid what could be an embarrasing or even dangerous situation - we ignore each other