tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post3550177641600231753..comments2024-03-29T10:24:20.171+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Brief Psychotic Disorder - a common condition, virtually unknownBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-26513290581921433992014-03-11T20:38:49.717+00:002014-03-11T20:38:49.717+00:00Thank you.
Obviously I didn't want "clin...Thank you.<br /><br />Obviously I didn't want "clinical advice remote control" but only some general thoughts from an expert.<br /><br />What would you suggest for my relative if he is now _on_ these drugs and has been for a while but would like to someday be free of them? Might that be safe for people in this situation, if they have insight and/or monitoring to ensure sleep, etc?Jaspernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-60687566798296009972014-03-11T05:43:18.106+00:002014-03-11T05:43:18.106+00:00@Jasper - I can't give clinical advice remote-...@Jasper - I can't give clinical advice remote-control. I could just state that in general there are some situations when all options have problems. Two breakdowns may mean more to come - or it may not; but lifelong antipsychotic use has many problems (it means lifelong Parkonsonism - causing one disease to try and prevent another) ; and very often does not work (because the brain adapts to the drug in various ways).<br /><br />The other alternatives are to use as-required sedation as the main preventive therapy, with ECT/ electroshock if/ when the psychosis breaks through. <br /><br />That would be what I wanted for myself in a similar situation. If I felt as if a psychosis was coming - for example, if I was having trouble sleeping, or had the idea I 'didn't need' sleep; then I would take immediate sedation to ensure I did sleep.<br /><br />Such a person would need constant access to sedation, because hours might be important.<br /><br />What kind of sedation? Maybe one of the old antihistamines like promethazine, or something like diazepam/ valium.<br /><br />Of course all this depends on insight, which may be lacking - or having someone close at hand to keep an eye on things. But in principle sedation-when-needed could be used as a preventive; and sedation and ECT as the main, most effective and only truly 'antipsychotic' treatment - would enable neuroleptic/ antipsychotic drugs to be avoided in most people.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-85761631366922075112014-03-11T00:35:20.958+00:002014-03-11T00:35:20.958+00:00I have a close relative in this situation. I wond...I have a close relative in this situation. I wonder what you'd advise at this point. He had a serious psychosis, and was put on drugs for a period of a whole year -- a condition for his being able to hold on to his job, in effect, supported by the doctors. After then being _off_ the drugs for about six months he had another more severe psychosis. This time it was much harder to get him back to reality, but with the drugs and a few weeks in hospital he was pretty much back to normal. Now it seems the expectation is he'll be on the drug indefinitely. What can be done _at this point_ to help him off the drug? Is there anything? I don't think we can risk another episode. The damage would probably be very serious a third time round.Jaspernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-53729979081225571452014-03-10T00:00:07.517+00:002014-03-10T00:00:07.517+00:00There is a parasitical bureaucracy of social worke...There is a parasitical bureaucracy of social workers and their ilk who need to to be kept in employment, which is one of the reasons that the first thing they do when a patient comes into their domain with a minor complaint is dope them up to the eyeballs on major tranquilisers to keep them docile, and dependent. Thus, a minor illness, which could usually be cured quickly with a push in the right direction, becomes a major debilitating long-term illness, often rendering the subject unemployable. Several years later, many of the unfortunates who end up under the auspices of the mental-health profession, end up dead. At least, that's my experience of ten years of these people. Social workers are largely characterised by their apathy and incompetence. Oh, and, of course, by their 'progressive' attitudes!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07533480112477409797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-17601571048990481372014-03-09T14:49:04.822+00:002014-03-09T14:49:04.822+00:00@GG - Yes indeed:
http://wp.rxisk.org/rxisk-asks-...@GG - Yes indeed:<br /><br />http://wp.rxisk.org/rxisk-asks-are-prescription-drugs-to-blame-for-school-shootings/Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-52062243925525948062014-03-09T14:37:39.803+00:002014-03-09T14:37:39.803+00:00They had out anti-depressants out like candy in th...They had out anti-depressants out like candy in the US. My wife was prescribed some at 13 because she was unhappy while her parents went through a divorce. <br /><br />No mental evaluation necessary, just any vague complaint about being lethargic or unhappy. There's been news that many of the school-shooters here in the US were on SSRI's. George Goerlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916687977887167466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-88310828033488752062014-03-08T21:17:59.470+00:002014-03-08T21:17:59.470+00:00great post. I don't really have any experience...great post. I don't really have any experience with psych drugs myself, but my wife had some psych issues and I considered have her looked at, but never did, mainly because my research led me to believe that mental health industry was a bit of a scam. Here is america, all our institutions are corrupt, and the medical field is right there at the top.PropagandistHackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032093796955347846noreply@blogger.com