Is It a BS disorder or an actual disorder?
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fme psychosis and schizophrenia do exist and meds are sometimes required to keep it at bay. psychiatry is not complete bs. but it definitely has its flaws that are worth criticising
it's only required until a person successfully stops having psychosis without the meds... and then it's "misdiagnosis" or they're "still having symptoms". the biggest factor for relapse or even initial occurrence is stress, and chemical imbalance isn't proven, only caused by these drugs.
idk. i have worked as a social worker with people with chronic schizophrenia. i am harmed by ssris and i hate to admit this but some folks can not live without the pills. in some people schizophrenia is severe and chronic, they need the medication. i´m not saying there isn´t another way but i don´t think it has been found yet. it´s just my experience, it is okay to criticize me for it but i have seen it first hand.
people can't live without the pills because the withdrawal is unbearable for many. and the reason they go on them in the first place is that the stressors of life are unbearable. the other way is to make a societal structure that caters to the needs of people instead of mega wealthy corporations that profit from the destruction of people's lives.
this world is not a utopia. i have worked with clients who had chronic schizophrenia who had chronic auditory hallucinations and wanted to take medication because it was torturing them. they were not stressed, they were in a stable environment but had chronic schizophrenia it exists. of course life stress plays a role in this. but i´m not saying this because i´m pro pills, but because i have seen how much it helps some people with the disease and who felt better with it. i wish it weren´t the case. btw i have pssd, so i am by no means pro big pharma. but there is a genetic component to schizophrenia. it´s not all black an white this this stuff. it´s grey.
I wonder how much it has to do with keeping them in a stress free, stable environment. It might not be the medication that is helping, but the environment they are in.
okay than go ahead and wonder :). the environment where i worked was pretty stable and each client had a social worker assigned to help them regain stability and a routine. they were given the opportunity to work at their own pace, to exercise in a group everyday. to cook together, etc. etc. some of them did not require a lot of meds to stay stabilized or free of hallucinations. but some of them absolutely did. one guy heard voices that were pretty evil and mean to him. he could not function without a certain dosage.
i don´t know and i honestly don´t care why people refuse to believe this, it´s not like i think meds are great. but what are you going to do with a women who thinks she is giving birth all the time and shits everywhere ? just let her shit until her rectum collapses ?
Was it a hospital or some other type of facility?
it was a a facility were people who couldn´t live on their own because of chronic mental illness were taken in until they were stable enough to live on their own again. some of them were there for decades some of them only for a couple of years. and i agree with the part that meds are not safe. i have seen the madness there, one dude had literally 30 medications they put him on, and he still had positive symptoms. but some of them really required it. i remember this one guy who had developed schizophrenia from legal highs and he was a different person without clozapine. couldn´t talk to him. no chance
In the US? Is it still open?
but there is a genetic component to schizophrenia.
https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/12/schizophrenia-genetics-illusion/
https://www.madinamerica.com/2023/01/hidden-valley-road-schizophrenia-genes/