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yehhey t1_jbx7c2t wrote

Reply to comment by europahasicenotmice in The philosophy of Beccaria is relevant to understand the current mental health crisis. The idealistic abstractions of the legal system are akin to the ones used in psychiatric discourse. by carrero33

Isn’t it stressful in your body and mind to keep on trying new medications over and over? You have to ween off the old ones before trying the news ones without knowing if you spent enough time on them before stopping.

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europahasicenotmice t1_jbxez6p wrote

Absolutely. But it's a lot harder on my body to deal with where I am without medication -- random bouts of insomnia, constant anxiety, bouts of depression where I don't exercise or eat right, and self-destructive patterns of drug use.

I do feel that I've spent enough time on each different med before stopping. The side effects in the first two weeks were enough to know that some weren't right for me.

And what I'm on now worked great on the lowest dose for a few months, then seemed less effective, so the dose was increased, and now it helps again. So I've been on the same medication for several months now.

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