What's up with all the girls on medication for mental issues
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Just thinking back at all the girls I've dated. Almost all had behvioural issues and could not handle NOT being the centre of attention and having things their own way. Alcohol and other substances consumed daily and cocktails of pills and medicine because they suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, ADHD, depression and so on. I am talking about normal girls here with jobs that grew up with both parents. On paper they sound ok, but in real life, they are nightmares.
So what's up with all these girls with mental health issues and what will happen to them later in their lives?
So what's up with all these girls with mental health issues and what will happen to them later in their lives?
Edited by GilletteFan on Wednesday 28th June 10:39
Can't say I've noticed the same, but I do know people on anti depressants.
I think there is a desire by some to get medication for any perceived anxiety or fear they have. In part because they think it will instantly get rid of these feelings, but also because it then feels somewhat more official to both themselves and others. There also seems to be this idea that if you're not feeling 100% each day or get nervous sometimes that there must be something wrong. We all have different personalities and I think it's totally okay to get anxious, it doesn't always need a professional diagnosis, unless it's severely impacting on life enjoyment.
Personally, although often overlooked I think counselling is a more effective tool to be used instead of, or in conjunction with medication. Pills alone won't get to the cause or help develop coping strategies.
I think there is a desire by some to get medication for any perceived anxiety or fear they have. In part because they think it will instantly get rid of these feelings, but also because it then feels somewhat more official to both themselves and others. There also seems to be this idea that if you're not feeling 100% each day or get nervous sometimes that there must be something wrong. We all have different personalities and I think it's totally okay to get anxious, it doesn't always need a professional diagnosis, unless it's severely impacting on life enjoyment.
Personally, although often overlooked I think counselling is a more effective tool to be used instead of, or in conjunction with medication. Pills alone won't get to the cause or help develop coping strategies.
GilletteFan said:
Just thinking back at all the girls I've dated. Almost all had behvioural issues and could not handle being the centre of attention and having things their own way. Alcohol and other substances consumed daily and cocktails of pills and medicine because they suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, ADHD, depression and so on. I am talking about normal girls here with jobs that grew up with both parents. On paper they sound ok, but in real life, they are nightmares.
So what's up with all these girls with mental health issues and what will happen to them later in their lives?
Guess it depends on how you define normal really, as they can't be 'normal' if they need medication to 'fit in'So what's up with all these girls with mental health issues and what will happen to them later in their lives?
But then are they just trying to fit in with something 'society' has deemed to be the acceptable (big behavioural science thing on this). Criminal behaviour excluded
Or are they trying to keep up with the insta hoes/lifestyle people on social media and thinking, their lifestyle s
t as its nothing like what they are seeing? GilletteFan said:
Just thinking back at all the girls I've dated. Almost all had behvioural issues and could not handle being the centre of attention and having things their own way. Alcohol and other substances consumed daily and cocktails of pills and medicine because they suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, ADHD, depression and so on. I am talking about normal girls here with jobs that grew up with both parents. On paper they sound ok, but in real life, they are nightmares.
So what's up with all these girls with mental health issues and what will happen to them later in their lives?
? Surely the question is why do you choose to date nightmare girls with issues?So what's up with all these girls with mental health issues and what will happen to them later in their lives?
One ex girlfriend was lovely, but did suffer from depression. Caught up with her last year and she was waxing lyrical about the benefits of going onto SSRI a decade ago, at the urging of her husband, and it improved her life immensely. She's a KC, so her mental health issues haven't held her back (and, if anything, helped - she has an intense fear of failure, so prepares for cases as she puts it 'as if her life depends on it')
greygoose said:
Unlike boys they go to the doctor and get diagnosed with conditions and prescribed drugs.
What does this mean for society if people need medication to function "normally". Don't want to go into what is normal, but I'm sure being on medication is probably doing some long-term harm. Begs the question of whether medicated people would be worse off without them?I avoided women on medication after several negative experiences and have been much happier since.
wisbech said:
? Surely the question is why do you choose to date nightmare girls with issues?
One ex girlfriend was lovely, but did suffer from depression. Caught up with her last year and she was waxing lyrical about the benefits of going onto SSRI a decade ago, at the urging of her husband, and it improved her life immensely. She's a KC, so her mental health issues haven't held her back (and, if anything, helped - she has an intense fear of failure, so prepares for cases as she puts it 'as if her life depends on it')
Yes, as I said these girls all had good jobs and appeared normal. They were bonkers though. One ex girlfriend was lovely, but did suffer from depression. Caught up with her last year and she was waxing lyrical about the benefits of going onto SSRI a decade ago, at the urging of her husband, and it improved her life immensely. She's a KC, so her mental health issues haven't held her back (and, if anything, helped - she has an intense fear of failure, so prepares for cases as she puts it 'as if her life depends on it')
GilletteFan said:
Yes, as I said these girls all had good jobs and appeared normal. They were bonkers though.
Fair enough. She wasn't bonkers - she was and is lovely, and it was heart breaking seeing her spiral down into a depressive episode and nothing you could do about it. It did turn out to be a serotonin imbalance, so all's well that ends well.GilletteFan said:
greygoose said:
Unlike boys they go to the doctor and get diagnosed with conditions and prescribed drugs.
What does this mean for society if people need medication to function "normally". Don't want to go into what is normal, but I'm sure being on medication is probably doing some long-term harm. Begs the question of whether medicated people would be worse off without them?I avoided women on medication after several negative experiences and have been much happier since.
You know that not all women are on medication, right?
It's reported that 8 million people are taking anti-depressants in the UK, two-thirds of those being female.
So 15% of the female population of the UK are on meds.
You make it sounds like they're dishing them out to everyone and we as a society need to reconcile how this will affect us.
Medication usage has increased during the pandemic (for obvious reasons) but I see nothing wrong with people using medical innovation to correct imbalances in their brain and treat their misery.
Are they too easily prescribed? Would other methods work? Maybe, but those are very individualistic questions that are not answered by blanket views.
wisbech said:
Fair enough. She wasn't bonkers - she was and is lovely, and it was heart breaking seeing her spiral down into a depressive episode and nothing you could do about it. It did turn out to be a serotonin imbalance, so all's well that ends well.
How interesting. So she's normally depressive without medication even though she had strong support from her husband and ex?Maybe the erratic swings might be substance abuse? I'm not so sure as I'm not a pill taker. They were all decent on paper girls, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were single or single mothers now. That's why I was asking.
GilletteFan said:
wisbech said:
Fair enough. She wasn't bonkers - she was and is lovely, and it was heart breaking seeing her spiral down into a depressive episode and nothing you could do about it. It did turn out to be a serotonin imbalance, so all's well that ends well.
How interesting. So she's normally depressive without medication even though she had strong support from her husband and ex?Maybe the erratic swings might be substance abuse? I'm not so sure as I'm not a pill taker. They were all decent on paper girls, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were single or single mothers now. That's why I was asking.
greygoose said:
GilletteFan said:
wisbech said:
Fair enough. She wasn't bonkers - she was and is lovely, and it was heart breaking seeing her spiral down into a depressive episode and nothing you could do about it. It did turn out to be a serotonin imbalance, so all's well that ends well.
How interesting. So she's normally depressive without medication even though she had strong support from her husband and ex?Maybe the erratic swings might be substance abuse? I'm not so sure as I'm not a pill taker. They were all decent on paper girls, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were single or single mothers now. That's why I was asking.
GilletteFan said:
greygoose said:
You don’t seem to understand much about depression or mental illness or women in general it seems.
I'm not depressed or mentally ill. Is this an issue now?Women I understand. Hence they are banished from my life. Not sure where they are now. Good riddance.
lemmingjames said:
Wasn't it just recently that they identified that most anti-depressant drugs where targeting the chemical imbalance but now the thinking is that depression isn't linked to said chemical imbalance so is actually doing fk all except giving the person a placebo?
I have no idea how these medicines work. Hence I am wondering what is up with all the girls on medication now? Apparently this makes me a troll because I'm not up to date with this all. k all except giving the person a placebo? Seems like a hostile bunch of with hunters on PH.
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