I felt had to write this and rant a bit
I was on Zyprexa and lamictal, Zyprexa I found made me "too social" ,that it got to the point I cared more about socializing than concentrating on my job which I love. I guess you could say medication kinda dumbs you down, and I chose to rather live with the anxiety/depression as it helps me progress in my job, and its in those moods I get most creative, but anxiety is a bitch which is something I wanna get sorted out eventually, I just don't like the fact that anti anxiety meds tend to be highly addictive, and anti depressant are just horrible, I sometimes can't believe doctors are so quick to give it out, it makes me think that they're getting commission on the pills that they prescribe to you.
Also advertising of certain medications should actually be banned, what makes advertising prescription drugs any different to advertising alcohol or encouraging someone to do cocaine, can anyone actually explain the point in advertising prescription drugs? I mean it's the doctors decision in the end, it's not like you can just walk in ,be like k I'll take that ativan on the brochure you have there please. I honestly think there adverts are there to give people this idea that there is something wrong with them, like subliminal advertising, I mean I still wonder if I genuinely have something wrong with me or if I maybe just think that I have something wrong with me because of the day I googled bipolar after someone told me about it, and now I have this idea of bipolar in the back of my mind the whole time because I "think" my symptoms match what I read, so I go to the psychiatrist and tell her my symptoms, when in actual fact I could have just been telling her everything I read, so I until I can find a genuine way of diagnosing mental disorder I'll get back on meds, but for now it just feels like money maker.
I was on Zyprexa and lamictal, Zyprexa I found made me "too social" ,that it got to the point I cared more about socializing than concentrating on my job which I love. I guess you could say medication kinda dumbs you down, and I chose to rather live with the anxiety/depression as it helps me progress in my job, and its in those moods I get most creative, but anxiety is a bitch which is something I wanna get sorted out eventually, I just don't like the fact that anti anxiety meds tend to be highly addictive, and anti depressant are just horrible, I sometimes can't believe doctors are so quick to give it out, it makes me think that they're getting commission on the pills that they prescribe to you.
Also advertising of certain medications should actually be banned, what makes advertising prescription drugs any different to advertising alcohol or encouraging someone to do cocaine, can anyone actually explain the point in advertising prescription drugs? I mean it's the doctors decision in the end, it's not like you can just walk in ,be like k I'll take that ativan on the brochure you have there please. I honestly think there adverts are there to give people this idea that there is something wrong with them, like subliminal advertising, I mean I still wonder if I genuinely have something wrong with me or if I maybe just think that I have something wrong with me because of the day I googled bipolar after someone told me about it, and now I have this idea of bipolar in the back of my mind the whole time because I "think" my symptoms match what I read, so I go to the psychiatrist and tell her my symptoms, when in actual fact I could have just been telling her everything I read, so I until I can find a genuine way of diagnosing mental disorder I'll get back on meds, but for now it just feels like money maker.
