I'm really sick of the attitude surrounding psychiatric drugs. They saved my life but I'm constantly told that I should excercise/meditate/change my diet/use natural alternatives instead. Do people say this to those on chemotherapy? It's stupid comments that have the worst side effects. - ThreadSky

ipsedixitcicero.bsky.social • 7 days ago

I'm really sick of the attitude surrounding psychiatric drugs. They saved my life but I'm constantly told that I should excercise/meditate/change my diet/use natural alternatives instead. Do people say this to those on chemotherapy? It's stupid comments that have the worst side effects.

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trishmelbourne.bsky.social•7 days ago

They actually do 🤷‍♀️ and offer all sorts of alternatives. I think they mean well but I’ve told everyone that I’ll do what I feel is right for me. And I will continue to do only what I want to do.
FREEDOM! ✊ I do what I want, when I want. I’ve got cancer, so I’ll make my life as good as possible ♥️

kimista.bsky.social•7 days ago

Omfg this. If taking vitamin D and going to the gym works for you that's great. But that is absolutely not what my brain needs to deal with *all this* inside of it.

iamanathemadevice.bsky.social•7 days ago

:( That stuff might work for mild depression, or improve your sense of wellbeing once you're stabilised on real medication, but it does bugger all for MDD or ADHD or most other mental illnesses.

But yes, people tell cancer patients to try carrot juice and meditation. Because they're morons

davidwelman.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hey it worked for Steve Jobs, right?

iamanathemadevice.bsky.social•6 days ago

Famously!

threeprime.bsky.social•7 days ago

Sadly some people do say that about chemotherapy, and it's just as stupid and offensive then.

rabblerous.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh yes, they do, although there's not the stigma around chemo that there is around psychiatric meds.

People told me my dad's Alzheimer's could be cured with a special diet.

It makes sense when a celebrity suddenly dies of cancer that they didn't announce to the public. They don't want the noise.

gnomicheresy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sadly, yes.

Friends with cancer have been told:
Vegan diet
Crystals
Colloidal silver
Magnets
Meditation
Lose weight
CBD
Paleo diet
Singing bowls

🤷🏻

brendamagpie.bsky.social•7 days ago

It is the same with chronic pain. Yoga and green smoothies aren't going to fix my arthritic spine but painkillers (yes, even opiates) make life liveable.

chadgrayson.com•7 days ago

And also the exercise, meditation, et al works better if you're medicated, at least in my experience.

grachellest.bsky.social•6 days ago

Seconded. Taking care of myself is actually sustainable now thanks to meds.

alex-e-dreemurr.bsky.social•7 days ago

It's the ""self help"" quack bullshit making the rounds in people.
They don't understand psychological illnesses and thus can't understand why the prescription drugs are needed.

muchmadnesspodcast.com•6 days ago

There’s room for all options. It shouldn’t be only this or only that, and it definitely should be that some are options are lauded as being better than others. Psychiatric drugs work and are safe. Exercise and diet work and are safe as well. Treatment should be tailored to the person.

ipsedixitcicero.bsky.social•6 days ago

Exercise and diet do absolutely nothing for my psychotic episodes, nor do they silence the voices. They might make me healthier, but a treatment for mental illness they are not.

eriksdotter.bsky.social•7 days ago

ditto, ‘wellness’ gurus can get in the bin with their BS

and insanely, there are people who also say this about chemotherapy 🤦‍♀️

ideamonkey.bsky.social•7 days ago

And likely said by people who never needed them

Ignore that shit mate

Armchair bullshit commentators

roseannebyrne.bsky.social•7 days ago

The media is responsible for a lot of that. Magical thinking ignorance. Though I’ve been told by Drs just do ‘this’ and your diabetes will reverse. Yeah nah! Older and much more cynical.

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