Quote: from duesxmachina at 4:56 pm on June 29, 2008 I've been medicated in one form or another since the 7th grade (i am 19 now). if that doesn't say something bad, you must be brain damaged. i've been given adhd, bipolar disorder, and (drumroll please) personality disorder. and i can't even buy alcohal yet! being on lithium, the ultimate drug of drugs, im deciding to take matters in my own hands. im slowly getting off it because i don't feel feelings anymore, and feelings tend to lead you in life. im going nowwhere cause i feel nothing. what does this say about america today? i want to know what right someone has to completely reconfigure your emotions for you? especially if your only 12? what else is there to do? im pissed. I'm having someone to try to teach me emotions properly. I have schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder and a good amount of narcissism (not a personality disorder as I have minimal flexiblity with it but not much). Due to this, one of the symptoms I have is flat affect, no emotional responses. I'm not a huge fan of psychiatrists as they seem almost convinced that they can "see" what is wrong with you, as though you're a book or a piece of meat. They also are quite convinced that they can "fix" whatever is wrong by a simple pill; too many times these little pills (i.e. anti-psychotics) have put me more into the shit than I already was before. You can try to let the doctor know that you're going off the medications. Depending on the doctor, they may try to help you along with this or would rather have you stay on it.
I've been medicated in one form or another since the 7th grade (i am 19 now). if that doesn't say something bad, you must be brain damaged. i've been given adhd, bipolar disorder, and (drumroll please) personality disorder. and i can't even buy alcohal yet! being on lithium, the ultimate drug of drugs, im deciding to take matters in my own hands. im slowly getting off it because i don't feel feelings anymore, and feelings tend to lead you in life. im going nowwhere cause i feel nothing. what does this say about america today? i want to know what right someone has to completely reconfigure your emotions for you? especially if your only 12? what else is there to do? im pissed.
I'm having someone to try to teach me emotions properly. I have schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder and a good amount of narcissism (not a personality disorder as I have minimal flexiblity with it but not much). Due to this, one of the symptoms I have is flat affect, no emotional responses.
I'm not a huge fan of psychiatrists as they seem almost convinced that they can "see" what is wrong with you, as though you're a book or a piece of meat. They also are quite convinced that they can "fix" whatever is wrong by a simple pill; too many times these little pills (i.e. anti-psychotics) have put me more into the shit than I already was before.
You can try to let the doctor know that you're going off the medications. Depending on the doctor, they may try to help you along with this or would rather have you stay on it.
oh anyways, i think "judge not lest you be judged" is a good quote for this. psychiatrists look to their version of the bible for all their answers, to things that just plain aren't right. ever since i've been involved in psycho bullshit, i've completely lost any sense of self. im now looking for natural remedies.
Yet, I'd probably be associated with a complete nutjob.
These idiots have a tendency to overreact to basic descriptions of 'symptoms' instead of not being a moron and analyzing the situation in context.
Yeah hellhound, anyone who thinks they can never be wrong and has a huge amount of control over you is pretty dangerous.
QFT
Depends on the doctor I'd say...some don't respect your right to do what you want with your own brain and will freak out about you going off the drugs.
Quote: from motorhead at 8:09 pm on June 29, 2008 Quote: from duesxmachina at 8:01 pm on June 29, 2008 Quote: from motorhead at 5:00 pm on June 29, 2008 Yeah! Stick it to the man and get off your meds and completely disregard the advice of someone who knows MUCH better than you could ever hope to know. Not being able to buy alcohol* is completely irrelevant. You're going to be extremely fucked up if you have all three of those disorders... rar! when you wake up every day is exactly the same and you have no emotions or gut feelings OR libido for that matter, well don't come messaging me! Is it worse than being a miserable fuck that everyone doesn't want to be associated with? I know someone who's bipolar and personality disorder and she can't keep a friend. As for what does it say about America.... how is it a statement about America's standards? yes, being dulled into oblivion is worse than being miserable, because there is little to no potential for improvement. yes, it improves productivity and shallow 'friendships'. and this is what most people think is 'improvement'. but cmon thats bullshit dude
Quote: from duesxmachina at 8:01 pm on June 29, 2008 Quote: from motorhead at 5:00 pm on June 29, 2008 Yeah! Stick it to the man and get off your meds and completely disregard the advice of someone who knows MUCH better than you could ever hope to know. Not being able to buy alcohol* is completely irrelevant. You're going to be extremely fucked up if you have all three of those disorders... rar! when you wake up every day is exactly the same and you have no emotions or gut feelings OR libido for that matter, well don't come messaging me! Is it worse than being a miserable fuck that everyone doesn't want to be associated with? I know someone who's bipolar and personality disorder and she can't keep a friend. As for what does it say about America.... how is it a statement about America's standards?
Quote: from motorhead at 5:00 pm on June 29, 2008 Yeah! Stick it to the man and get off your meds and completely disregard the advice of someone who knows MUCH better than you could ever hope to know. Not being able to buy alcohol* is completely irrelevant. You're going to be extremely fucked up if you have all three of those disorders... rar! when you wake up every day is exactly the same and you have no emotions or gut feelings OR libido for that matter, well don't come messaging me!
Yeah! Stick it to the man and get off your meds and completely disregard the advice of someone who knows MUCH better than you could ever hope to know. Not being able to buy alcohol* is completely irrelevant. You're going to be extremely fucked up if you have all three of those disorders...
Not being able to buy alcohol* is completely irrelevant. You're going to be extremely fucked up if you have all three of those disorders...
when you wake up every day is exactly the same and you have no emotions or gut feelings OR libido for that matter, well don't come messaging me!
Is it worse than being a miserable fuck that everyone doesn't want to be associated with? I know someone who's bipolar and personality disorder and she can't keep a friend.
As for what does it say about America.... how is it a statement about America's standards?
Quote: from motorhead at 8:00 pm on June 29, 2008 Yeah! Stick it to the man and get off your meds and completely disregard the advice of someone who knows MUCH better than you could ever hope to know. Not being able to buy alcohol* is completely irrelevant. You're going to be extremely fucked up if you have all three of those disorders... never mind that these 'disorders' are arbitrary constructs also, i find it arrogant to say that someone knows 'much' better for someone than they do for themself. thats just not how 'help' works. how can someone, by virtue of a piece of paper, decide that someone should have little to no emotions? anyway, OP, psychiatrists, especially those in hospitals/prisons tend to 'find' pathological behavior especially if they need to rationalize something and cant simply admit that you may see things differently then them. once you have one disorder, theres a tendency for them to hit you with more, because even normal behaviors can become 'pathological' if they think you have 'problems' nobody has the moral right to reconfigure your emotions for you, and id say it doesnt even really help, but this is the way they shut people up these days. it was witch burnings 400 years ago, now it is psychiatry id avoid psychiatrists like the plague if I were you, that is if you're able to get out of the system. once youre in, it follows you fucking EVERYWHERE
also, i find it arrogant to say that someone knows 'much' better for someone than they do for themself. thats just not how 'help' works. how can someone, by virtue of a piece of paper, decide that someone should have little to no emotions?
anyway, OP, psychiatrists, especially those in hospitals/prisons tend to 'find' pathological behavior especially if they need to rationalize something and cant simply admit that you may see things differently then them. once you have one disorder, theres a tendency for them to hit you with more, because even normal behaviors can become 'pathological' if they think you have 'problems'
nobody has the moral right to reconfigure your emotions for you, and id say it doesnt even really help, but this is the way they shut people up these days. it was witch burnings 400 years ago, now it is psychiatry
id avoid psychiatrists like the plague if I were you, that is if you're able to get out of the system. once youre in, it follows you fucking EVERYWHERE
Quote: from silverbullets at 7:59 pm on June 29, 2008 i think they are not compleatly right, like they may be able to recognize things you cant about your behaviors, but when diagnosing you, its just a guessing game. There is a diagnostic book that has the symptoms of every disorder known to the medical world. It's not just a guess.
i think they are not compleatly right, like they may be able to recognize things you cant about your behaviors, but when diagnosing you, its just a guessing game.
There is a diagnostic book that has the symptoms of every disorder known to the medical world. It's not just a guess.
The DSM IV is total bullshit, its not a real medical book