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psych diagnosis and self medicating
Anyone diagnosed or suffering with mental illness and simultaneously having problems with self medicating?
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Mental problems can be serious and be diagnosed by a Board Certified Psychiatrist and medication supplied and monitored by that doctor. This is not the type of illness that one can self-medicate for.
First: The psychotropic drugs required to control the many mental illnesses are not available over the counter. There is a large number of drugs doctors use to control these problems either separately or in conjunction with other medications.
Second: Each medication interacts differently with other medications and some should not be taken together. All of these medications have side effects. Each of us will react differently to these medications and a skilled psychiatrist is needed to put together the right combination of medications not only to control the disorder but to minimize any side-effects you may encounter.
What is important is that be properly diagnosed and medicated. That you take your medication properly and on time each day. Psychotropic drugs are not like antibiotics which get into your blood stream and start attacking the problem. They need time to build up in your system, and then they need to be maintained at a certain level in order to do their job. This is why once the doctor has you on a proper drug regiment you need to take the medication on time every day as instructed by the doctor; even though you are feeling better. For if you stop taking the medication the value of the medication in you demises’ and you relapse.
My advice is to see a Board Certified Psychiatrist and be properly diagnosed to be sure you have a mental illness. Then allow the doctor to regulate you on a medication regiment. Once regimented stay on your medications; continue to see you doctor on whatever schedule of appointments the doctor sets as therapy plus medication is required for a cure.
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