Bro here is what psychotropics are: they function as restraints. Chemical restraints. This was the overt aim of the original creators of psychiatric drugs, so that they could remove actual shackles and leg irons and replace them with the drugs.
This is what enabled Reagan to close the asylums, because the victims, er um patients, would theoretically no longer require physical restraint in institutions, but could be chemically restrained wherever they lived. And it's true: the mentally ill are now turned out onto the street by the thousands, and restrained by use of drugs. They keep coming back for refills and new prescriptions. It's almost as good as a physical tether or leash.
Psychotropics do nothing to heal or cure mental illness. They place the user in an altered state of consciousness. They dull the intellect, they blunt the affect, they banish the wit. A person under the influence will seldom fight back or think for themselves. They become pliant and malleable to whatever suggestion is foisted upon them. It's quite effective in that regard.
I think something is wrong with me, I keep getting into these kinds of conversations on HN instead of the insightful and intelligent conversations I used to have on here. I think I need to reassess the way I am engaging with this site.
I am not even going to bother linking the research about the actual observable effects of various medications on various mental illnesses because clearly youre an elder and if you were interested in the truth on this matter you would have sought it out by now.
For the second time in as many days I am disengaging from this exchange
I am so sorry to hear that. Have you discussed these thoughts with your psychiatrist? I am sure that she has an arsenal of prescriptions to treat you with.
On second thought, during your weekly runs to the pharmacy for a stack of frozen pizzas and a fistful of prescriptions, your 16-hour workdays and 12 hours on social media consuming rage, fear, and paranoia, did you ever stop to think that there's a better way?
Have you considered eating an organic apple once in a while? 30 minutes of meditation, clearing your mind and listening to your Higher Power? What about disconnecting from the Internet and your phone for a few hours a week, at least? Getting outside, taking a walk, making some Vitamin D?
Sometimes the best cures are perhaps not as easy as popping a few pills; they're not subsidized by your insurance company, and they require forming better habits, but they are truly efficacious and have long-lasting, proven effects. Those are effects that are proven by science, by knowledge, by experience.
This is what enabled Reagan to close the asylums, because the victims, er um patients, would theoretically no longer require physical restraint in institutions, but could be chemically restrained wherever they lived. And it's true: the mentally ill are now turned out onto the street by the thousands, and restrained by use of drugs. They keep coming back for refills and new prescriptions. It's almost as good as a physical tether or leash.
Psychotropics do nothing to heal or cure mental illness. They place the user in an altered state of consciousness. They dull the intellect, they blunt the affect, they banish the wit. A person under the influence will seldom fight back or think for themselves. They become pliant and malleable to whatever suggestion is foisted upon them. It's quite effective in that regard.