In addition to the issue of on/off medicine is the issue is that the diagnostic tools are very poor. On AVERAGE psych medicines make things worse...because psychiatrists have to go through trial and error to such a high degree, and it usually takes multiple attempts before an improvement is seen, if at all. ...and then comes the dosage adjustments.
“In addition to the issue of on/off medicine is the issue is that the diagnostic tools are very poor. On AVERAGE psych medicines make things worse...because psychiatrists have to go through trial and error to such a high degree, and it usually takes multiple attempts before an improvement is seen, if at all. ...and then comes the dosage adjustments.”
I think in the long run, psych meds make things better. The patient can foul it up, by going on/off, or using mind altering substances.
I know several people that suffer from depression and take their meds as prescribed, and the result is they are far better.
But these are not substance abusers, attempting to self-medicate.