Often times when a person is diagnosed Bipolar they are told that they are going to have to be put on medication for life. Their family is informed of this, and then their doctor goes to work guessing about what will work with their body chemistry. Now keep in mind that this "chemical imbalance" of the brain the mental health establishment calls mood swings has yet to identify genes or true causes or definite solutions to Bipolar that do not have severe side effects like diabetes, blindness, tremors, suicidal thoughts, and more.
In fact some of the treatments for Bipolar are so mind numbing that the pills have been elevated to the level of a weapon of suppression. A Google search on any of the following psychotropic drugs will reveal that many of the manufacturers do not care about the side effects, do not disclose them, and are or had to settle class action lawsuits for them but the medications are still on the market.
This is an outrage! Some medications that are on the market that have class action lawsuits about them are the following:
This is a cycle that we at Destroyingthestigma believes that
In fact some of the treatments for Bipolar are so mind numbing that the pills have been elevated to the level of a weapon of suppression. A Google search on any of the following psychotropic drugs will reveal that many of the manufacturers do not care about the side effects, do not disclose them, and are or had to settle class action lawsuits for them but the medications are still on the market.
This is an outrage! Some medications that are on the market that have class action lawsuits about them are the following:
- Depakote
- Seroquel
- Zyprexa
- Topamax
- Individual gets diagnosed with Bipolar
- Familiy is told that medication and talk therapy is the only way to manage (false hopes)
- Family and individual puts all their faith in the doctor to figure out what medication will work with the individual's body chemistry to find the right balance.
- Family suffers extreme disappointment from failed attempts at getting medication right.
- Individual with Bipolar gets frustrated because all the family wants and the doctors want is for them to continue to take medication that has severe side effects that is not that effective.
- Situation worsens, hence you have a doctor who has raised false hopes in the family of the Bipolar individual and dashed the dreams of the individual who once lived life as normal as normal as can be...ouch.
To summarize, the ineffective, side-effect ridden medicines raise false hopes for families and those diagnosed with bipolar and dashes their dreams of ever getting back to their life of normalcy.
- Needs to be acknowledged.
- Needs to be corrected.
