When ppl try to tell me Iām not schizowhatever and theyāre not a doctor, and Iām doing pretty good on medication. Like this lady at Iop last night I mentioned abilify and someone said āI never heard of an Anti depressant workingā and I said "well itās not an antidepressant " since every antidepressant Iāve taken has made me psychoticā¦so I go on and say itās an anti psychotic she says and downplays itās power by saying "oh it helps with mood and clears your thoughts a littleā¦trying to downplay my experiences ā¦ya sure it helps that but also helps with voices, intrusive thoughts, paranoia, delusions and all the schizo symptoms Iāve experienced. She couldāve āguessedā Iām bi polar which im not sheās a social worker making assumptions . I find it annoying when therapists donāt give you enough credit for what youāve bren through. When Iām off my meds im in a complete state of psychosis 24/7 near instantly and she tries to downplay my ability to recover by downplaying my illnessā¦annoying
ā ā ā ā 'emā¦or something. i meanā¦right?
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Iām probably gonna be vocal about it in group todayā¦overall āā ā ā ā emā but I need to let it be known how i feel. Maybe one of the other tcs will give me advice how to better stand up for myself in these types of situations going forward.
An easy way to combat this is taking the time to develop an understanding of how these medications work. There are hundreds of studies, information, all kinds of stuff on them!