I've been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. I've been on meds (lithium and lurasidone) for about 30 years. A few times I set out to get off them, to see if I had been cured by coming to the knowledge of Jesus. In my case, I found the psychosis came back. I'm perfectly happy to stay on the meds now, it helps me stay in reality.
I’m glad these meds are helpful for you. I have an uncle who is bipolar/schizophrenic, and a friend from church with it as well. They have both tried to taper off meds and were unable to, due to the psychosis coming back. I think Jesus would prefer you stay in touch with reality. God Bless! 🙏🏻❤️
People that don’t have these conditions will never understand. My grandfather and uncle were extremely ill. My grandfather was killed by a train when he was in psychosis. This was in the late 60s before the advancement of medications.
I'm kind of in the same boat. I can appreciate some of Mark's thoughts here but still we can only speak from personal experience and I don't think he's ever had schizophrenia or BPD. I'm afraid my journey would lead me back to the hospital if I were to Stop my meds. I believe that we can lead a productive and God Glorifying life even on meds.
Thank you Mark! l'm really struggling with this! As an addict ....l never grew up. l feel like l'm still an adolescent. l'm way older than you. l've decided to go to treatment, (SCARY!!!) as my church has been suggesting it. My pastors wife was a heroin addict, so ....can't put a thing past her. Never wanted to anyway. l told her as soon as l met her. She's AMAZING! YOU have taken me back from utter self loathing! Much love to you in Jesus! ~ Canada. :)
such a good topic. I waited 8 month of postpartum insomnia, OCD and hallucinations to get on medication. It just got to a point I was so depleted. The medication has gave me the time to heal physically, relationally and trauma. I wouldn’t have made it if I didn’t get that help. That being said I’m determined to not be bound to it. I will come off. I’m learning to put into practice the things you teach on and experience them. With grace, in time. Thanks Mark!
I’ll also add with medication, I eat paleo as much as I can, lots of protein, I go on walks, take my kids outside a lot and progesterone yam cream which has helped tremendously.
Guys, I don’t know about people who don’t really have conditions, but one thing my trips are off for a little while and then women hormones, and they’re changing throughout one’s life and throughout the month, a huge factor, estrogen and progesterone, especially with a lot of newer transmitter receptors, but anyways Some of us have these things going on for a very long time it’s just our brain and the way our brain and biology are and we go on meds and if we go off and we’re worse off than we were before so it’s not always a case of go on them till you get betterand it’s not the case go on them for life the problem is you try them something worked and it stops working and your wars off then and that thing was that mixture may have side effects or not work or the polypharmacy messes you up or you know you might be happy but you can’t sleep well and you’re forgetful and off-balance and really this itself is incredibly frustrating and turns you almost into drug addict because you’re constantly having these periods of OK it’s pretty good that these problems how do I get rid of these problems and everything stops working and your life has to keep on changing and that’s very hard that you already feeling unstable so anyways that’s the part where sometimes I think I wish that God would deliver some of us out of all of us so we could just be free to have a relatively consistent becomes the drugs because they’re in your car and I don’t like that when you try not doing and you realize you’re wasting your life like I gave God a month two months and I’m like you know what after that I’m gonna do what I gonna do cause I’m not just gonna lay in bed like this and waste away, and I have to assume that you’re not gonna deliver me this way anyways you have to try something else
@visionvixxen 2 things 1. It is not what goes into a man that defiles him, but what comes out of his mouth” is a verse from the Bible, Matthew 15:11 2. Don’t get too caught up in this or that. Just relax in the love and grace of God. Pray for wisdom regarding your brain health and emotional. If it helps it helps. Great!
This broadcast is phenomenal. Mark, you are so passionate about what you do and it is evident in the way that you speak. What I love is that you speak from your own personal experiences and it is so relatable with me. All of the information here is so valuable and so necessary. Thank you for all that you bring to the world with your teachings. Thank you also to Melissa.❤️❤️
User ~ Yes Mark is SO phenomenally blessed. l''m listening to him on another of his vids as l write this. This is a lovely comment User! Thank you for it! :)
@user. I so agree. Mark is passionate. He loves people and wants to see them grow and mature. I benefitted so much from this teaching. Very relatable ☝🏼❤️🎶
Brother Mark, Such a sober, well developed, well studied, and compassionate video! I especially was encouraged about your stance that taking medication is not a sign of a lack of belief. Actually to be single minded and to take the medication for a season could be an expression of faith. So much in this video, but that was a profound idea! Thank you!
Im back on SSRI’s for a 2nd time after being off of them for almost 2.5 years. I love hearing your content it’s super helpful. One of my greatest breakthroughs from perfectionism is me realizing that I’m on a “journey of healing” and to stop comparing myself to others journeys. Also #10 Being patient with my journey has helped me tremendously 🙌🙌🙏❤️
I know this video was a longggg time coming. Thank you for all the work that went into filming this and the mental load it took to get through it! I appreciate it a lot and it’s a subject I’ve been thinking about a lot.
Mark. This was so helpful. Your videos are so God-honoring and heartfelt. You speak from experience. I am so encouraged tonight. My life is a journey. This is still new to me. But i will celebrate the small victories Thank you for being such a blessing ❤️
I had severe, suicidal depression and was referred to a Chinese doctor who had a reputation for curing hard cases. She asked me about my diet, and after a few miinutes prescribed three courses of antibiotics. I asked her, "Is this it? Is this going to cure me?" She said yes. She also said I gave her one clue that made her diagnose bad gut bacteria. I never saw her again. Within three days my severe depression was completely gone and I've never had depression since.
@@aprilhassell1747 I told my doctor that when I ate eggs I would have severe asthma attacks, and that this had never happened before. That was her clue that I had bad gut bacteria that needed to be killed with antibiotics. Before the antibiotics, milk, eggs, turkey, and sunflower seeds would give me severe depression. Now I can eat whatever I want.
So sad she didn’t tell you what was going on and why she prescribed those three- as well, what habits could have set you up so that so you avoid them. Thing is most will say that antibiotics cause gut dysbiosis. It’s a mixed bag/ a balance- to its establishing and maintaining a balance that supports your bodyS
I got put on ssris at 17 I was on them 18 years been off them 2 years now, I'm currently 37, when I stopped them I went back to being 17 again and i am still trying to learn how to deal with emotions that by now I should have been mature in, I'm depressed and anxious 80% of the time trying to learn how to deal with this and grow but it's not easy, in the UK all they do is prescribe drugs you could be waiting a year for a therapist unless you are rich and can afford to go private which 99% of people cant
Same in US now- and rare that you ever see a Psychologist or PsyD. It’s usually an LCSW or LMFT. It’s a yucky system and there is a lot of waste with. Wrong counselors out there. What is the worst things is that you were psychiatrist becomes your glorified drug dealer and has no time with you and no communication with therapist. If you even have one they usually work for groups and I’ve noticed these ones they’ve worked with you for years can’t remember a thing about the document you told them you sent them 20 times they don’t really chart before hand. It’s basically that they really have no clue like basically you tell them what you want and you can get the meds you want it’s really dangerous actually, you don’t even fill out the forms anymore that say you’re feeling like the scale of one to 10 and there is zero talk about your life or what’s going on but my point is this whole system needs to be reframe it needs to be integrative needs to be a whole new schema for itpeople need to be paid better medical professionals need to communicate. It’s OK but it’s dangerous at times much much much much for improvement and often times much harm done to people in the long term.
Thank you Mark, that video is so encouraging. As I told you I trying ro get off the Sertralin and tackle my fears right now. Always trusting the journey 💪🏼
It's nice to hear that you want to try out new ways for your journey 😊 It is for depression but also for suppressing the stress and urge to follow your compulsions. When I took it the nerval amplitudes of the stress where like calmed down, I felt more stable and the up and down of my mood was more on a higher level. I felt like the pressure and arousal of the ocd was numbed down to a level where I could ignore the obsessions and intrusive thoughts. Actually I felt almost normal. The reason I stopped taking it was my desire to live in freedom without medication, I always thought as long as I'm on meds I'm not really healed and still have more steps to go :)
@@lukastheprussianTy for replying. Really cool thing happened today. I have had panic attacks when I am in public due to trauma from a fire also death of a loved one. Today I decided to face my fears and go back to a Guitar Jam I am in. I play keyboard and have stayed away since mid January. When I walked in the room, people were so kind and I broke down so emotional. A woman came over to me and said I have a present for you. It was Aromatherapy Stress Relief cream. I played for 2 hrs w/the grp. Then a few of us hang out and jam for awhile I had prayed but didn't take any med for anxiety. Praise God. Thought I would share this w/you Lukas. Monday I see my psychiatrist gonna talk w/her about my concerns. She is very understanding Take care brother ☝🏼🎶
I am 65 and have so much complex trauma w anxiety. My childhood was filled with mentally, emotionally and some physical abuse. My father played fear games w my mind. Leaving with a pistol to kill himself. So much abandonment. I lived in constant fear. Then married a guy who was psycho. I was young, an alcoholic and wanted away from my parents. This man tormented me and was stalking and out to kill me. He terrified me and our 4 children. I tried to keep the kids with me but he played on their minds. I remarried a wonderful man in 1992 and we are still together. We have 2 adult boys. Hin and I went thru hell with 3 out of my 4 girls. They were like a gang against us and the rebellion was horrific. The 3 got pregnant and married young. My mother took over my motherhood and enabled their addictions which turned them against me. I became the cruel mom who had boundaries and mom used her wealth to gain love rewards. It was traumatic. My 3 daughters were filled with hate and bitterness toward me and my husband no matter how hard we tried to unite. One of my twins passed away 8 years ago at age 34. 21/2 years ago dad passed, a few months ago my other twin daughter had a heart attack and passed away. Then my mom got dementia and my youngest daughter ( who has lied about us to family and my daughter will not talk to us for 25 years,) well now she turned my mom completely against me and used undo influence on my my mom and changed my parents will in her name. ( I am an only child). There has been so much family betrayal Emotional abuse and great a andonment all of my life. So much literal death. I am finding myself suffering more since my daughters recent death, although I have been on medication, in ministry and I do have ministry/pastor PTSD. I am trying to recover but it’s all so complex. IDK what medication to turn to, to help me thru all of this. I too do research on trauma, PTSd. And I love learning. I appreciate your prayers. And, btw there is nothing wrong with taking medication. God bless you all ! And, I love this guy!!! Ty pastor I am so glad. I found you. Your channel is 🔥🔥💯💯💯💯
I love these topics and very eye opening. Although, what about woman who go through menopause or PMS those are very real things. I know because I’m a woman 😂. When estrogen levels fluctuate that’s a whole other issue in itself. Has your wife done any talks about women and hormones? I’d love to hear her input
You'd be surprised how much the doctors Don't care about that. You really Should be helped off of certain medications. It just may not happen, even if the doctor knows you could die. That's how 'good' they treat people in this day and age. People want to believe it's a civilized game.
I’ve been on pain meds for 20 years. Back surgery in 06 but if I’m being honest I was taking them before that. I want this year to be the year I get off this stuff. Pharmakeia is sorcery. And the book of Revelation is clear what happens to those that practice this. Pray for me. Thank you.
I tend to think mind altering medications would be more concerning, in the way that you aren't sober and get high of them. I'm trying to have more inspection into my heart and if I'm using things before relying on Him. He should be #1 but I know I can only move closer to Him and open my heart when I accept myself as I am, flaws and all. Then I can recieve love. Otherwise it's white knuckling it, rather than healing and walking in relationship. Sorry, bit of a tangent. But just saying heal the heart first, learn to be loved by Him, then things start to fall into place. He will free you, just take a step closer to Him. ❤️
The sorcery Revelation speaks of is not pharmaceutical in nature. It was related to Eastern religions that used mind-altering stuff to access a deity. We really need to see the Bible from the perspective of first-century Judaism. Mystery religions were common in the province of Asia. Medicine was not.
@@aliciahernandez6203 ~ Really? Thats interesting. My doctor is constantly trying to get me off of the small dose l'm on. l WANT to get off, but she wants me to take Seroquel < HORRIBLE STUFF! l WONT take it! l'm going to treatment, and wont touch it! They CANT make me. l dont want to be ''BLUNTED'' on every level. l simply cannot function. l'm a VAPOUR of my original self. Thank you for your comment Alicia. May God Bless you , and keep you. :)
YES. I'm kind of feeling condemned now especially hearing the comment where he claims that he would not be serving the public in this capacity if he were on meds now....and agreeing that the gal on three different meds is probably not able to connect with the love of God. Maybe that's just her. Not everyone is a zombie on meds. If I weren't on mine I'd be breaking down in real tears every time I spotted a stray cat.
1:35:05 this video has been uploaded for weeks now and I just watched it now and realized that was my email that i sended you back in January :) I didnt thought that you will put that question in this video so i just watched it now. I was really desperate back then cause i was afraid that ocd will become worse because i stopped taking meds and i asked help from people and everyone was reacting in a negative anxious way "you shouldnt have stopping taking meds, go back to your doctor and take it again" and they just made me feel worse and that desperation was the reason i wrote to you. Well since than i dont have any problem with that, i still dont see how medication would helped me recovering from ocd, I wont say it didnt helped me in other places like i had energy to wake up and do things, but i was still lost in my mind. I would say it helps if youre so depressed that you cant get out of bed, but it will not magically make you aware of your distortions and unhelpful beleifs as doctors claim...I only have your videos and some others channnels for me to help me recover from ocd, i understand that youre saying i should have professional help beside watching your videos, i would say that too. Many times i fall back to this and i worry if i will never recover or make my recovery worse by not going back to therapy. I actually feel like it didnt helped me, i even talked with someone who left therapy cause he felt like its so slow, and i dont mean like we want that quick fix, but even I felt like they just want me to stay longer so they get the money...like its business as you said. Many times i felt like im paying to get told to get a girlfriend... my parents do that and i dont even have to pay them... I went there for 6 months, at the first sessions she told me i have depression, im a narcisisst, the ocd suicidal thoughts that i have arent fully ocd and i have them cause i want attention, these are all things that made me feel so much guilt, that im using suicide to gain others attention, that would be really narcisistic,but even if she didnt meant it like that, she never told me what she ment by that. And as i said she said this is not just ocd so i was more afraid that i will act on it. Then for weeks all i heard was to take medicine, until i gave up and started taking it, then she was like now we arw waiting for the medicine to do its work...like it will magically make me see things clearly. I mentioned that she told me i have depression, then i started working on why do i have it, where it comes, and then she told me to stop doing it cause it doesnt matters where it comes cause it can be many problems, maybe its something in your brain or its "inherited(the things i love to hear from professionals), its what you do now which is true tho, but you have to see whats the problem. So again i questioned why im here, everytime i felt like we made progress we took a step back...And i remember that after every session i felt worse than before i went there and then i decided its not good for me. Since then i have times when i think that maybe it was me, i was so lost in my mind, i was so egoistic, and i just feel guilt. I do understand why you say i should have a proffesional help me, but i dont want to go back, its just too much money for that, you do 90% of the work and they just tell you if some thoughts you have is distorted, that doesnt deserves that money tho...all this time i never had been teached how to deal with emotions, i have been in therapy since 2020 with 4 different psychologists(i forgot to mention the other 2 in the email these were online therapies bc of the pandemic) and non of them teached me how to deal with emotions, it was only you that took me to this journey, and i will never forget back when i was still in therapy, i started watching your videos and in 3 months you helped me much more than any therapy could, and if i have to pay money to someone just to tell me if a thought is unhelpful but all the other things i have to do it alone then i rather do it alone and ask people i know or people on the internet who had ocd if my thoughts are distorded for free...I will have to face with the feeling of guilt that it might have been me who was the problem... But i have to ask what kind of tools you ment when you said to replace medicine with tools? And hiw can i work on noticing the distortions alone? Thank you for your answers
I dont remember if i shared the same story on my email, if i did sorry, it has a reason i write it down case i dont want people to think that i just dont like therapy cause i went for once and i didnt liked it. It has a reason and years of experience that i dont really find it good for me Im sure if i would have a therapy session with you it would be different, but here i didnt found any therapist who would work with someone like you do
All this is so hard/ I can CB e addictive to exercise, to a lot of thingns. It is very very very very hard for me to get off thrm- and good for me to get on- but also always changing. I wish and ask God I wish he could just take me awesome and make me feel normal so I don’t have these periods where it seems OK with medication then I’m a little too crazy or I’m happy but forgetful like it works for a year and then it stops working. I’m worse often before but also if I don’t do them, I’m living halfway you know it’s so hard to know what you really have the DSM and everything‘s always changing but sometimesthis is so hard and so infuriating. I wish you would make normal and I understand meds have helped me a lot, but I just wish I were normal.
Plzzz reply 🥺🥺🥺 I have OCD so many bad thoughts are running in mind always But sometimes i become so angry over small things and get mad and say bad words loud instantly to But when i think about god i become get mad and say bad words to god instantly loudly I cannot even get time to get to control them when i become frustrated So plz tell me this is ocd or am i bad person
@@WAHRHENDAHRSTEIN one more thing when any bad thoughts come in mind instantly repeat Jesus and mery i love you save souls it's feel like I send love vibration to God not hate 🙂
You have said before that you're neither for medication nor against it but it kind of sounds like you're leaning against it. Actually it sounds like you're REALLY leaning against it!
God bless you Mark. Been rocking with you for about 8-9 months now and have had so much healing! 3 steps forward, 5 steps backward, then 7 forward and keep on growing!
I have just started to listen, but I can't wait to say God got me off a heavy sleeping medicine that's also used for depression. It's sedated me greatly and I was on a max dose. I just had this nudge to get off it, so 2 weeks ago I started decreasing and within a week I was completely off with no side effects. I don't knew how to explain this other than God's hand on it, bc I'm very sensitive and usually have horrible withdrawal and fall into anxiety and insomnia. my mood has improved and energy has increased, and sleeping well. I didn't have to have faith, God just decided, you're done, He took care of it, and I believe He'll do that with the other 4 meds. I just wait for that inner knowing He gives me.
Sabrina ~ Wow! What a blessing! Sure wish it was like that with Methadone, and bezos. NOT a chance! l'm going to treatment after 3 years of my pastor's wife PLEADING with me to go. Her brother was a heroin addict, so she KNOWS the score! l'm REALLY scared to leave my family. lts a Christian place though GLORY HALLELUJAH! May The Lord bless you, and keep you, may He make His face shine upon you, and Give you PEACE. :D
@theresa42213 That's a wonderful thing! Father is so proud of you, He's sees your desire and He'll walk by your side the whole time. We just need to learn to recieve God's love, because everything changes. I'm starting to understand, but it takes practice. Hope the best for you ❤️❤️❤️🙏👏 praise to God, may He comfort you when you're there!
@@sabrinasusen7463 ~ Thank you Sabrina! Your comment made it all worthwhile. Self isolation is dangerous, but reaching out ...even to you HEALS through our Precious Lord Jesus Christ! See you in Heaven ...as The Lord wills. :D
Pray for me I want this for good and forever- w my stimulants, my antidepressants and mood stabilizers even asthma meds/ many side effects but much much worse without. Their effects are always changing and life is too much of a rollercoaster. I’m tired and want to be be heaked
Can you believe how sad ....? l'm stuck on both Opioids. AND Benzos! lts a life fight .....l'm going to treatment. Please pray for me. l never ask this on YT comments, but ....l;m at the end of my rope. :( Thank You Jesus for showing me this wonderful Mark, and his channel. l dont usually TELL people about this, but l just dont care anymore. PRAISE JESUS!
I'll pray for you Theresa! Keep fighting an be kind to yourself. I hope it's a good treatment and you did your research. - I mean, they are experienced. Keep praying Sis, there is nothing impossible for our God!
@@alicja1081~ THANK YOU, you are AWESOME. God is already answering the prayers, as today my heart is LIGHT. l've been clean ...ish for a while (you must if your going to treatment otherwise you'll be SO SICK they may kick you out) ...and its AMAZING how your faculties return when you remove that poison. PRAISE HIM! :D
@@alicja1081~ Hi Alicja. l've read your comment a few times over the last day. Yes, its a Christian place! Ohhh The Lord is so GOOD to me. Though l suffer terribly for the seeds l have sown, there has GOT TO BE Hope. My hope is in JESUS. As long as l remain sober until treatment, l believe it will be more successful, and that Jesus will go before me. And l'll remember your comment forever. l pray that we will see each other in Heaven, as The Lord wills it. Much love in Christ to you. ~ T :D
@@theresa42213 I'll pray for you Theresa, that's great you are clean.When are you going on treatment? Is there someone with you right now to keep your spirit up?
I struggled with suicidal thoughts, severe anxiety, depression, bipolar and insomnia. I have been off all meds now over 3 years. It was so hard. I went through a couple of psychotic episodes. I would confess Romans 8:28, Galatians 2:20, 2 Corinthians 12:9. I made it to the other side. It was the hardest thing ever. God’s love for me is taking root, becoming heart revelation instead of head knowledge. I’m grateful. All glory to God
I soooo have OCD. thanks Mark. I pray God gives me the encouragement to have more structure and confidence in my life. I have no clue how God works, but I at least know he works through people like you. I need a hug from a beautiful-hearted woman. I’m tempted to head to Walmart with a poster board.
Been in severe withdrawal from Lexapro for 7 months and God hasn’t healed me. I don’t get it. I can’t even listen to worship because I’m so messed up In withdrawal with skin sensitivity and nonstop Intrusive thoughts
Q, ive Been for a while struggling with religious ocd, thinking I have to do this and that, worrying if I’m doing enough, Now im at the scariest point, im I’m afraid of not trusting Jesus for my salvation enough, I’m questioning if I ever fully trust Jesus enough, I’m terrified cause people say that if your not trusting in Jesus for your salvation, then your not saved, and I’m now struggling to see that, things keep confusing me, I’ll hear a sermon on being a true disciple or something like that, then get confused about everything, part of me also feels like I want to stay in the feeling of hopelessness and fear and depression, I can’t stop worrying about putting faith in Christ cause I can’t convince myself that with a religious ocd mind, I’m scared I never had true faith (these issues only came up last year) I used to be so happy and knew I was going to heaven, now I’m terrified, I also feel like I have to read the Bible more, pray more, never do literally anything besides that until I figure things out, it’s only until now that I’m afraid I never had true faith and all this, I’m so confused, i feel like i must figure things out imediatly, But i feel like its something that needs time to fix, i dont know anymore,
Well, I've been there. I don't want to give you reassurance, just want to encourage you. Learn the love of God and how to live in it. At some point you will learn that God is for you, and that He loves you without condition. When you realize, what it means that you are being loved, all the fear of not fulfilling the standard in any way will fall off you. Also I'm at the point where I learn that just because someone has a different theology than me, doesn't mean he's right about it. From Mark I learned how to see God as who He is: an absolutely loving father. Wish you the best!! 🌟
@@lukastheprussianI recently started woring about this, with religious ocd, i keep moving on to new worries, i used to have Hope atlesst but Now im terified
I finally got off all medications. I do take 5 htp anti inflammatory supplements and B-5 for my cystic acne. Vitamins I think are underrated and help without the side affects I was getting heart palpitations dry mouth bad breathe and anxiety from Prozac.
Powerful stuff! Avoiding ourselves.. Wow, so true.. Even in the church we propagate this thinking and even promoting this as a way to live.. I'm now being a student of myself, questioning and discovering who I am, this is a very scary, painful and lonely experience. Thank you for your insight.
At 1:36:36 she is in withdrawal. Nothing helps. Only time. Praying The withdrawal naturally distorts.she thonks about medication again because the withdrawal is brutal.
Wow, eye opening, thank you so very much for doing this Mark. So many things that we really need to take time to think through , not just personally but as a society. You have bought out some very important points of importance.
Thanks for sharing this - I know it’s been a long time in the works. I have a follow up question, not exactly related: do you have any materials for adults trying to create healthy boundaries with their empty nest parents? Specifically interested in ways to make sure family relationships are healthy and not out of balance or potentially suffocating for anyone involved. Thanks for all you do.
Pastor Mark please tell me how long we're on your medication for .. thank you watching you from Jamaica..I have been on my mine for two years .. went through pregnancy on it God as been good to me and my daughter ..but I want to come off them but i am afraid..
I’ve been on your journey…. Thirty years… so glad you are speaking honestly to other believers. I just always took the medical and psychological route but am considering prayer etc more.
So I have been a server addict for all my life . Im going to have a year on August 22nd 2024. I was put on Xanax for years now im struggling to get off of them.i do take some antidepressants but SSRI does not work well. So im in a tererpy for people who Ssri and that kind of medication has not been effective. I do believe that it's helping with some of the symptoms. But as far as PTSD and other depression and anxiety I am thankful for medication but now that I realize I'm going through talk therapy and other things including prayer and scripture. And my long-term goal is to eventually come off of medication and be okay. 🙏
All this is so hard/ I can CB e addictive to exercise, to a lot of thingns. It is very very very very hard for me to get off thrm- and good for me to get on- but also always changing. I wish and ask God I wish he could just take me awesome and make me feel normal so I don’t have these periods where it seems OK with medication then I’m a little too crazy or I’m happy but forgetful like it works for a year and then it stops working. I’m worse often before but also if I don’t do them, I’m living halfway you know it’s so hard to know what you really have the DSM and everything‘s always changing but sometimesthis is so hard and so infuriating. I wish you would make normal and I understand meds have helped me a lot, but I just wish I were normal.
i don’t think factual evidence was presented to support your point and that would have been very helpful. By factual I mean scientific journal articles in mass studies supporting that therapy is more efficient than medication in different mental health symptoms and conditions.
@@aprilhassell1747 why does that matter? There’s different types of mental illness and some are not temporary. Bipolar disorder runs in my family. My grandfather was killed by a train during a psychosis episode. Not on medication at the time. Listened to people like you.
There should be no shame in medication. To me and my friends, it is a sign of affluence or taking care of one’s health and wanting more out of your life. Not a badge or honor, but just casual parlance
I have Pure OCD and chronic depression. Been on meds for about 6 months. My problem is that I feel blunted. It actually make my relationship ocd topic spikes more because now I don’t “feel” (in my body) any excitement when I’m with my partner. (I actually feel no excitement at all) but you know ocd…
I'm not going to listen to it again but...Did he say in this broadcast that he wouldn't be able to create content if he were on meds? So much for all the authors and RU-vidrs who do take psych medication. How do they do it I wonder...?
