Love that 99% of psychiatric medication is just “yeah we don’t really know how it works, it just seems to do stuff lol”
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Replying to @sebmck
"That one isn't working? Hmm, let's try another one..."
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Replying to @mjackson
“This one isn’t working” “Hmm maybe you’re still getting used to it... or we need to increase the dosage”
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Upping the dosage because it’s “not working” is something I witnessed recently. Saw this recently https://www.cchr.org scary! Psychiatry seems to just be a business..
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Replying to @miguelocarvajal @mjackson
In the cases of some medications, it's definently a legitimate thing. Everyone's body metabolises certain medications in a different way, and some people have a higher "chemical imbalance" than others.
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I do see how that may be. Just haven’t found any definition of what “chemicals” are “imbalanced” and what their correct ratios are. Still lookin’!
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Replying to @miguelocarvajal @mjackson
For Lithium, which is used to treat bipolar patients, there's a well documented level of therapeutic levels of lithium in the blood. Different people metabolise it differently because it's given as a salt.
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Interesting.. but that’s the chemical used to treat something, not the thing that’s actually “imbalanced” from what I gather. I understand there are trace amounts of Lithium naturally in the system, but not the imbalanced chemical.
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Yeah, it's not like bipolar people have lower levels than "regular" people. It's just meant to compensate for different ways the brain works. I understand "chemical imbalance" is extremely vague, not an expert on the matter.
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Yeah, I agree. I have asked experts but haven’t gotten a clear answer. Glad to see I’m not the only one to think the field is a bit vague!
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