What are the benefits and drawbacks to using medications in treating psycological disorders?
I am writing a reserch paper for my psychology class. I am having a bit of trouble finding information. I need to find as many sources as I can for this topic. I am on medication myself for depression, anxiety and panic attacks. But my paper cant be about me or my personal experiences. So please help me. And PLEASE cite your sources. I need to know where your information or articles came from. Thank you so much.
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Well I would say that the benefits would be that it stops the problem, it makes you be able to have an active lifestyle, go to work, play with kids, all that such thing.
The drawbacks are that it doesn’t change the problem. Also it could actually make you more suicidal or bi-polar, depressed etc. because I think it has a mind stimulant in the medication, and that could make for a more vivid mind, which would explain the increased thoughts.
In reality the reason why people are suicidal or bipolar, or depressed, is because they have an imbalance of a certain chemical in their body, which makes them react that way, or sometimes it could just give you high blood pressure.
Simple:
Benefits: helps with getting to live your life
Drawbacks: doesn’t solve the problem (doesn’t even solve the problem in the long run), and it could increase the thoughts, give you high blood pressure, and lead you to a heart attack.
Hope I helped!!
Good luck! Psychology is a hard one!
I have rapid cycling bipolar disorder. Doctors/Psychiatrists say within one year the patient gains acceptance of the illness and learns not to blame themselves and to learn to deal with on a daily basis. I have had to go through excruciating pain to find the right "mix" of prescription drugs for example depakote is one. lithium seems to work well for me personally i also have to take a mood stabilizer with lamictel. there are several others also which you will want to research. Most doctors prefer to use epileptic treating medications for bipolar disorder because there is alot of evidence supporting treating this disorder as well. i’ve told you as much as i can personally for privacy issues i have with the internet but i will say this most people with psychological disorders go untreated and do not know they have them. so statics will range widely for instance 3-5 million people in the u.s. have bipolar disorder have also seen 5-10 million and perhaps alot more than that are estimated to have it. i hope i’ve helped some.
as far as sources i have none however i can speak from first hand experience, my mother has schizophrenia which is categorized by extreme paranoia making her a danger to herself, and others, then there is the point that she is largely unproductive can’t work and care for herself when not medicated. So the benefits of taking the appropriate medications would be a productive member of society, that can work and care for themselves. however a drawback to these medications besides complete dependency, is as a result of mood stabilizers and anti depressants is decreased sociability a complete personality change alienating them from family members, as well as the negative side effects weight gain, enamel degeneration. its like you lose the original person and can only get a piece of them back with the use of medication, at the cost of deteriorating health. if you need to use as a resource treat it as a interview and use fake names.
meds have unanticipated side effects and impact people in different ways. Sometimes their effectiveness also decreases with use over time. Then there is the poblem with physical and psychological addiction.
Hey… Victoria here, maybe my personal story can give you some solace…
a lil about me- about a year after my husband left me and my daughter died about 5 years ago.. I was at a very difficult point in my life, and was ultimately diagnosed with depression, severe anxiety, and panic disorder. I would say that i’ve always for the most part been a little depressed and had some degree of anxiety, but this just completely tipped the scale. I remember there were days on end I would just lie in bed, and whenever I would be in a social environment my anxiety would go through the roof and I would often have panic attacks. Therapy never seemed to be effective for me, and my psych put me on damn near every med out there. I’ve been on everything from wellbutrin to paxil, zoloft, prozac, lexapro, celexa, buspar, valium, klonopin, xanax.. etc. Sometimes 2-3 different ones in combo at the same time. Nothing really seemed to work for me. With the exception of some of the benzos (klono./xanax) .. these worked well for a little while, but I grew tolerance quickly, and became highly addicted.
Then one day while researching online i came across this reputable looking website http://www.anxiety.pcti-system.com .. which talked about this program to eliminate your anxiety for good, all naturally. Long story short, I wound up signing up to try it and the program worked amazing.. Not only do I no longer have panic attacks and anxiety gone, but my depression has also seemed to dissipate a little. And I’m currently starting to slowly ween off the meds I’m on. >>>>
I would personally say that possibly the biggest driving factor in all this is OCD. I think obsessing and constantly having your thoughts focused on your own condition and constantly analyzing your own thoughts/actions plays a very significant role in the persistence of our ails. Almost like the condition is a small lit fire, and OCD is the fuel that keeps it consistently burning… Also, I’ve come to the conclusion that meds are generally a unhealthy short term cure that only semi-treats the symptoms, and never the cause. Hope I was of some help!