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Default Nov 15, 2018 at 06:34 PM
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My mind feels so damn slow whether it's the meds or my illness.
i have no idea.
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Default Nov 18, 2018 at 06:01 PM
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WHY??....
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Default Dec 02, 2018 at 03:46 PM
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cuz just becuz. wanna trade brains ? and we'll see who's more messed up.
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Default Dec 03, 2018 at 07:07 PM
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Is there even a method to determine brain damage from meds? Some meds can affect certain systems in the body so I guess it could affect the brain in negative ways too. But I've been in treatment for 30 years and I have never encountered anyone who claimed to have brain damage from meds. Even if it could be proven, I still say the gain probably outweighs losses.

One thing to remember is, with depression you tend to look inward more, and perhaps focus or even fixate on what's going on in your body. If you expect brain damage then I'm sure you will find signs of it. Just the very fact that you have a condition that might need meds or other medical treatment indicates there is already something wrong somewhere.

It's hard to convince someone that is convinced meds will hurt them, otherwise. I'm a believer in getting what ever help you need to get well or just be able to handle living day to day. I know I would have been insane or dead long ago if not for modern medicine.

***I'm pro-meds for me only. It is wonderful if some can recover from other means. It's just that some people read an opinion on the interwebz and take it as fact. RESEARCH, people!
which meds?
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Default Dec 03, 2018 at 07:08 PM
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In my case i have been on almost every drug imaginable, but i have to say after years of fighting with docs and therpists about going off of them, i am glad i am on them too now. i was so uncontrolable after several car accidents and brain injuries that i didn't realise the drugs were helping until recently. i thank the docs and nursses, the ones that treated me well, there are alot of bad ones out there, as i have found out, but also caring ones to. there is really no turning back in my case and since the meds work im willing to go with it compared to what i was like witht meds. i hope this helps.
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Default Dec 03, 2018 at 07:09 PM
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Um, sometimes you can have side effects when you first start taking a med that gradually lessen over time. They don't cause actual brain damage or the chances are very slim. I'm much better off taking meds than not and I'll live a longer life if I do continue to take them.
which meds do you take.
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Default Dec 03, 2018 at 07:09 PM
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I find my memory is much worse when my meds aren't working because of anxiety. It also happens when I don't get enough sleep. When I'm stable on meds, my mind works fine.
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Default Dec 04, 2018 at 06:06 AM
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I'm so sorry you're struggling, InfiniteSadness
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I find my memory is much worse when my meds aren't working because of anxiety. It also happens when I don't get enough sleep. When I'm stable on meds, my mind works fine.
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Default Dec 17, 2018 at 08:37 PM
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I was in a car accident and hit my head prior to losing my mind. I'm certain with no family history of this illness that is what caused it.

I had a similar experience. Head trauma when I was 5. I don't even remember the next several years.
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Default Dec 19, 2018 at 05:36 AM
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I know my mental health as deteriorated over the last 8 or 9 years ever since an severe episode of depression. In another thread on here Ive spoken about pain/irritation in my head and feet. I've had this to some degree earlier on in my life as a teenager with feelings of contamination leading to irritation in the area affected.

If only it was so dam easy to get doctors to refer you for a CT scan or something. It would answer SO many questions.
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Default Dec 27, 2018 at 02:25 AM
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BPD is likely borderline personality disorder.
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Default Dec 27, 2018 at 03:43 AM
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I'm convinced I did damage due to alcoholism.
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I know my mental health as deteriorated over the last 8 or 9 years ever since an severe episode of depression. In another thread on here Ive spoken about pain/irritation in my head and feet. I've had this to some degree earlier on in my life as a teenager with feelings of contamination leading to irritation in the area affected.

If only it was so dam easy to get doctors to refer you for a CT scan or something. It would answer SO many questions.
if ? seems ? maybe ? close only counts in horse shoes and nuclear warfare ? i came to the same conclusion or how about an ? can you say ? EEGDOH !
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Default Apr 09, 2019 at 01:05 PM
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question:
if a dr said you had a condition such as asthma, heart disease, cancer, etc., and you needed meds to feel better and improve the quality of your life, would you take them? even if he told you there were side effects, because not taking them could lead to worsening of those conditions & possible death.

so how are mental health related drugs any different?

i for one have had serious brain damage issues from mental health drugs. had to relearn most all of basic life skills. the issue was high does and large numbers of drugs. I had no family to confront the dr to say enough. I lost memory of the period. it was over 10 yrs ago and while many skills have returned some have not. my brain rewired itself. it was awful, basically a traumatic brain injury.

could this have happened from other classes of drugs? yes.

that being said, if you need drugs to stabilize a condition you have 2 choices:
1. take them
2. don't take them

it is a condition only YOU can make & it has to be based on what YOU decide is best for YOU. life has side effects.
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