Comments: Report: Low To Moderate Evidence For Atyicals Used In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
I've gone off a little bit of Abilify, and my eyes don't focus; it's very hard to read down a page. Everything gets blurry and I have to squint in order to keep my vision intact. It's very weird. Though I do expect it'll all go away soon -- it's probably just due to a little bit of withdrawal...
Posted by Gwen at January 29, 2007 11:27 AM
you asked "After all, what could possibly be interesting about a well patient?"
The only people who may be interested is in countries like mine that have free/taxed medical health care. If they want to save money ,they might want to find out how and why people with mental illness recover,succeed, or whatever. Since it costs them to hospitalize and pay for the drugs/meds.
I wonder what keeps the system going? seriously.
They say the re-hospitalization rates are very high, and in the same breath they say how the new psych drugs are better than ever. As if drugs can make people think and behave properly.
Posted by m at January 29, 2007 05:42 PM
you are correct on all of this. there is something about the american system that makes us specialize in this behavior.
Posted by Dawdy at January 29, 2007 07:01 PM
hang in there Gwen, I am proud of you.
--Stephany
Posted by Stephany at January 29, 2007 08:02 PM
I was diagnosed by a 'doctor' about a year ago with bipolar disorder. Every session I saw her, she kept pushing the wonderful effects of risperdal; that it would make huge improvements in me. I was naive at the time and tried it. I was shocked at how it not only didn't improve my symptoms, but made things much worse. I started to behave much like a zombie and sunk into a horrible depression. I stopped the treatment after a few days. These drugs don't help people, they mask the problem if anything.
Posted by Sara at January 31, 2007 05:36 PM