[HN Gopher] This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She's...
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This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She's Not Alone
Author : Michelangelo11
Score : 21 points
Date : 2022-08-28 19:04 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
| Khelavaster wrote:
| More concerningly, seven at one time. For depression.
| mensetmanusman wrote:
| Sounds like an edge case. Very high rate of obesity, massive
| sugar consumption, and lack of outdoor exposure are probably
| doing a number on people.
| diogenescynic wrote:
| I'd bet social media is doing even more damage than all those
| combined.
| CommitSyn wrote:
| While social media is clearly doing a number on many aspects
| of individual life, the effects of massive sugar and lack of
| sun exposure on the body and brain have horrendous
| consequences, and are drivers of mental instability and
| physical disease.
| CommitSyn wrote:
| I don't know how common this is among psychiatrists, but I
| started seeing a psych for major depression, ADHD, and OCD-type
| symptoms. I was badly depressed, getting no social interaction,
| or exercise, eating myself crazy, sleeping 12-20 hours at a time,
| no sunlight or time outside, and doing a lot of drugs (mainly
| opiates, which was probably the undiagnosed core of a lot of my
| issues). I was on 15 or so different anti-depressants, anti-
| psychotics, anti-epileptics from age 18-24. Much of the time I
| was on 3-5 at once, mostly different antidepressants and an
| antipsychotic or two, trying to "find a combination that worked."
| To treat a condition that's not treatable by psychiatric drugs. I
| was always 100% open and honest about all aspects and answered
| all questions. I wanted to get better. My psych appointments
| typically lasted 5-15 minutes and he was always in a rush.
|
| As far as I can remember, there was never mention of things I
| should be doing differently - exercise, sleep hygeine, proper
| diet, sunlight exposure, socializing.
|
| Worse yet, I found out from HN that one of the drugs I was taking
| permanently disables one of the serotonin pathways (of which
| there are 7 main types and each has subtypes) in rats, and
| apparently it's known that at least a couple different types of
| antipsychotics show reduced brain volume, with "not enough data"
| (not enough dead brains to study) to see their effects on humans.
|
| > Macaque monkeys administered with the antipsychotics
| haloperidol and olanzapine over a 17-27 month period showed
| reduced brain volume. These results have not been observed in
| humans who also take the drug, due to the lack of available
| data.[24]
|
| Anecdotally, I absolutely feel like a different person now. My
| wit, my creativity, my ability for great joy, my kindness, my
| problem solving and thinking abilities in general - all seem to
| be quite muted now, even though I'm now taking care of myself and
| arguably at a place in life where everything is finally good and
| stable. One drug had side effects, like being unable to talk
| without studdering and having any sense of urgency (if I had an
| important appointment, I couldn't force myself to get ready, so I
| just watched time go by) were reported to my doctor who said that
| I just needed to give it time and my body would adjust. That's
| the drug, called Fanapt, that I feel did the most damage.
|
| 24. https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fsj.npp.1300710
| throwaway9271 wrote:
| Counterpoint, N=1: I've been off and on many of the drugs listed
| in the article, I found a permutation that works for me, and my
| life is amazing.
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