The facts in this book are true. Antipsychotics may come with side effects that may be as bad as chemotherapy for cancer. It is important for people, especially physicians, to not underestimate the suffering these medications can cause. But these medications can also radically change your life for the better.
Personally, the medication side effects I experienced on my first atypical (newer) antipsychotic were severe and consistent with the author’s desciption. There was no day that went by when I wasn’t acutely suffering.
However, my first medication did keep me out of the hospital, and allowed me to live in community rather than being perpetually restrained in an institution. Even with the horrific side effects, my first medication gave me a better life.
This book is so concerned with medication side effects that the author forgets to acknowledge these medications can improve a patient’s qualify of life. He also does not make a comprehensive distinction between the older antipsychotics which are neurotoxic and difficult to tolerate versus newer medications that have fewer side effects.
The author does not acknowledge that patients find medications that work well for them all the time. Eleven years ago, I found the medication that works for me, and I have lived a wonderful life with few side effects all these years, in full remission from schizophrenia.
Yes, I have experienced what this author describes. Antipsychotics may come with a high price to pay, but even then, they may drastically improve a patient’s quality of life. These medications may allow individuals who are a danger to themselves or others and used to always be institutionalized to recover, leave the hospital and live in the community.
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