jboolo1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
continued from earlier......Only the co-morbid conditions like bipolar disorder or ADD are treated with medications. That can reduce the erratic behaviors seen from someone with a personality disorder, but it does not treat the personality disorder or the underlying symptoms of that disorder, only the symptoms of the other illnesses. While I think parts of this are useful, it also shows that the creator of the presentation does not understand the different dimensions of diagnosis.
jboolo1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
First of all, when trying to be taken seriously, please proof your writing. The use of the word "then" instead of "than" reduces your credibility. Second, I note that you've included at least one personality disorder in this presentation. Personality disorders are markedly different than other illnesses mentioned here. Personality disorders are noted by most clinicians and researchers to NOT be chemical and untreatable with medication. They are treated with behavioral therapy instead.
mothman300 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What an informative 10 minute video of something I could have read in 2 minutes or less.
london2z (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@transduality There are alternatives to the prescription drugs. My sister was cured of her mental illness with the aid of a naturopathic physician I found. But because she had already been on the drugs for ten years, the natural therapies, ( herbal hormones, other herbs and vitamins), had to be combined with the hard drugs. The side-effects disappeared, and she is still doing great. But for mental disabilities not caused by physical abormalities, these remedies may be ineffective.
london2z (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I've been mentally ill in the past, after a breakdown in 1976. And it IS real. I was 360 degrees different than my normal self. All kinds of delusions, and attempted suicide. There is an intricate balance of chemicals and hormones in the brain. Once they are thrown out of whack, the mind simply does not function normally.
ANarrowBridge (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I live with the effects of mental illness and think you did a lovely job. While I agree with parts of many of the comments below, I think we can all add to the discussion. Sometimes I feel like owning the "label" as a means of self-empowerment, sometimes I want to cast it aside and not have any labels at all: I am a person. I change how I feel. Nonetheless, I live with this condition [these conditions, I should say] just as much as I live with epilepsy. Well done.
TheLegendaryGeoff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You stupid ass! If you seriously have hope for humanity and think people who single out others for being screwed in the head are simply gonna disappear, you must have a 2nd scrotum in the place of your brain!
CCSMama31 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@alice69ification what is the name of your facebook cause? I would love to support it!
transduality (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I would caution against advocating that every extreme mental state a person experiences, should become a disease diagnosis, also because that kind of stigma on one's medical record could come back to haunt them, in a world where discrimination is real & our private records are in real danger of becoming someone else's comodity or a means for them to control us.
transduality (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Consider also Big Pharma & the Big corporate medical insurance establishment & Co. who seeks to profit as much as possible by turning every single problem or adversity a human being experiences into a disease that can be 'cured' by the administration of some toxic experimental 'medicine'.
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