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myxomatosis · 10-23-2009, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by scottishbastard

...Also the musician daniel johnston almost died from kidney failure a few years back from lithium. Now Ive heard depakote is less dangerous, but I dont see the point of sanity if youre gonna die at 45.

I'm just wondering if you can get a doctor to give you daily(?) injections of the medicine, and if so, would this be harmful to your liver? If it is harmful, do you think it would be less harmful?

I'm just weighing my options. Ive been a little manic lately and should probably do the responsible thing and take the meds...So I wanna see if I can do it without destroying my vital organs.

Granted it's just speculation, but Johnston is likely on a pretty high dose of lithium if not a combination of a few others. He's also not a very healthy individual otherwise I don't think. Depakote is indeed less dangerous than lithium.

The only way you'll be getting daily injections of psych meds is in the psych ward, and that isn't any fun. I don't see an injectable form being any better for your liver however. Like scatter said, to my knowledge Depakote injections are only done on an almost monthly basis.

Are you cycling on and off of your meds? That's probably worse for you than just riding shit out depending on how bad your episodes are. There are a decent amount of drugs geared towards treating mania but most of them are indeed pretty heavy shit and relatively zombifying. Best of luck though buddy.

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Originally Posted by stateofkane

That line is said a lot in circles of ppl taking psych meds. The truth is that they are extremely hard to come off of, and most people who take them for more than a few years never will stop. So don't kid yourself and anyone else.

You are an idiot, plain and simple.

Not only does psych meds cover such a wide variety of medications and ailments that a ridiculous blanket statement like that is just asinine, it's also just untrue. I've been on my fair share of such medicines over the years for a plethora of different shit and haven't been on any medication for a few years now and am doing well. Them being extremely hard to come off of also depends on if we're talking going cold turkey, dosage, depends on the medication and depends on what you were taking it for.

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Originally Posted by stateofkane

I'm one of the few people who can say they did stop taking them. It's been almost 3 years completely prescription drug free. I take absolutely nothing.

You made it sound like you still take them.

When I was on those meds I didn't care about anything, not even my hygiene. Today I am actually accomplishing something. I'm getting a 3.5 full time in school majoring in the hardest subject: accounting.

Kudos.

Accounting is the hardest subject in school? Why didn't anyone tell me?