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Yeah, I for one am glad my brother's main problem now is apathy and anhedonia. Better to deal with that while he is on zyprexa, haldol, leponex, risperidone or
by dsego 10y ago
Yeah, I for one am glad my brother's main problem now is apathy and anhedonia. Better to deal with that while he is on zyprexa, haldol, leponex, risperidone or whatever, even for life, than having him live out bizarre fantasies, running naked through the streets for 2 days straight, burning down all family photo albums, accusing all family members of rape, having false memories, draining my parents emotionally, psychologically and financially. God bless modern psychiatry.
- tcj_phx 10y agoThe tragedy of the mental health status-quo is that Science now knows enough to help these people... They knew enough 40 years ago. A recent study found that psychotic patients don't produce cortisol upon awakening [1]. This indicates problems with the mitochondria, and the flow of energy in the body. [1] https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2016/june/stress-hormone-link-with-psychosis https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2016/june/stress-hormon... "These distinctive alterations of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function may have important implications for CAR as a marker for transition risk." (emphasis added) [2] [2] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763416300549 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763416... But Medicine is much more a haphazard form of "applied science" than a rigorous application of what's been discovered by physiologists. Our medical corps are disproportionately influenced by the industry they serve. So they sedate their psychotic patients, rather than help them.