Looking back at my experience with western treatment of my mental illness (labeled attention deficit disorder, depression, anxiety), it seems it only served to patch up the problem for a short while and in the end make things a lot worse.
I never went through any counseling which I think is one big part of how the western world deals with mental "problems". Instead, they just gave me a pill. Which seems to be a very popular option now a days, with any medical doctor having the power to deal these drugs out without any knowledge of how the mental illnesses they're treating work...or even how they impact a patients life (so you'd at least be able to accurately measure if it's helping them or not).
Those pills do seem to work at getting rid of the problem. But they really just cover it up I think. And that's kind of what I'd like to talk about here. From the Chinese medical perspective, doesn't taking drugs like this only drain a patients body or mind of it's already low energy supply? From my own experience even though everything felt great while I was on the drug, once I quit taking it my problems became quite a bit worse than beforehand.
Is taking these drugs really hurting the people rather then helping them? And if so, what is the true scope of the damage these drugs can do to someone who's body and mind are already weak?
For as popular as drugs like these are becoming, this seems like an important topic to look at...for the future health of a lot of people.
Just to be clear, I guess I'm mainly talking about drugs that manipulate the brains control chemicals. Like anitdepressants and stimulant medications.
Ryan
I never went through any counseling which I think is one big part of how the western world deals with mental "problems". Instead, they just gave me a pill. Which seems to be a very popular option now a days, with any medical doctor having the power to deal these drugs out without any knowledge of how the mental illnesses they're treating work...or even how they impact a patients life (so you'd at least be able to accurately measure if it's helping them or not).
Those pills do seem to work at getting rid of the problem. But they really just cover it up I think. And that's kind of what I'd like to talk about here. From the Chinese medical perspective, doesn't taking drugs like this only drain a patients body or mind of it's already low energy supply? From my own experience even though everything felt great while I was on the drug, once I quit taking it my problems became quite a bit worse than beforehand.
Is taking these drugs really hurting the people rather then helping them? And if so, what is the true scope of the damage these drugs can do to someone who's body and mind are already weak?
For as popular as drugs like these are becoming, this seems like an important topic to look at...for the future health of a lot of people.
Just to be clear, I guess I'm mainly talking about drugs that manipulate the brains control chemicals. Like anitdepressants and stimulant medications.
Ryan
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