Open Question for all diagnosed with BipolarI&II - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

shining_star · 10-25-2005, 11:34 PM

Hi there everyone,
I have become really, genuinely concerned over the MEGA HIGH DOSES OF MEDS that other's seem to be on. How can this occurance be happening?? It concerns and distresses me to know that there are some out there on such high med doses psychiatrist's have an obligation to care and work holistically with their patients in an ethical manner. Is it that we become immune to meds so they are upped and upped? I just worry that some are on such high doses&have side-effects that the high dose could be the probelm not the med itself == I am concerned for you all so much please take care of yourselves Caring for humanitity
Shining_Star

katkat01 · 10-26-2005, 12:14 AM

it is disgusting the amount and high doses of medication that people with BP disorder and any other mood disorder are being prescribed.
but...doctors are paid to prescribe medication. they are selling it to the patient as a product because that is their job. to diagnose problems and prescribe something for it. and wouldnt you think that drug corporations will do anything to get a doctor to prescribe its brand of medication.....its all about money, even medicine. dont think that the medical community is not driven by money just because they're in the business of caring for peoples' health. its still a business
im not saying that every doctor is doing this. i know there arent because i have found a doctor i trust and who genuinely cares about his patients. but ive been through 4 bad ones to find a good one. that speaks for itself.
just warning to you all. ive been through it and i wouldnt want any of you to make uninformed choices concerning your mental health like i did.

anesta1973 · 10-26-2005, 10:18 PM

Yeah, i definitely think that pdocs are getting perks from drug companies to up there doses of this and that drug. Meanwhile, the bipolars (i'm a BP I) suffer from ever-changing moods and terrible side-effects. It's pretty f___'in shameful.

babygrl1337 · 10-27-2005, 04:04 AM

Meds are a big issue for me right now...... and I think that the meds have made me become the queen ****** and that's not me at all..... I'm SO close to stopping them but I'm scared cause I don't know what it's like not to be on meds!!! I would rather be throwing things and punching things one minute and cying the next than to be the queen of all ******es ( LOL not like scratch itch add a b) I have bp 1 but in the other hand i've never gotten into trouble been in one fight never been to jail or had a speeding ticket (knock on wood) Im almost 23. I was diagnosed with depression and given zoloft at the age of 16, Let me add that they told me this after only 1 session with a doc and i couldn't talk cause i was so nervous, never went there again....... How can someone tell me im depressed after only one session?????

Anyway, Yes I think some are over medicated...... and i think im one of them....

batmatic · 10-27-2005, 02:23 PM

I am over-medicated. I am sick and tired seeing the world in beige.