Discussion Anyone else had their life ruined by psychiatry?

[EmptyManForever]

Hi, is there anyone else out there who had a beautiful life in the beginning, but got ruined by psychiatry and their psych meds? I had a beautiful life and mind, I had beautiful moments and as well as sad moments , that's what life is supposed to be like , there are both ups and downs, when I used to be down I used to be very emotional and cry a lot , but that's ok , i used to enjoy music and playing guitar , I used to enjoy little things in life , I used to be energetic and full of life , I even did well in uni ,but then psychiatry came to my life and completely turned it upside down and now I feel super numb and empty that I cant even cry anymore like I used to , it's like I've become cold hearted, and with zero emotion , very dull ,and also I cant enjoy music anymore ,I cant love anymore , I've become a zombie and in a vegetative state, and I'm bed ridden now for almost 4 years, I barely go out , I dont have any motivation left for anything, I can't even seem to find the motivation to ctb even ,I'm just trapped now , the only thing that seems to help is energy drinks , nothing else works for me , heck I cant even get drunk on alcohol anymore, even weed doesn't get me high anymore ,I feel super abnormal right now , anyone else going through something similar? As in you once had a normal life but psychiatry ruined it?

 

[Lupgevif]

May I ask HOW psychiatry got into your life? Was it you who sought it, or someone else that made you seek it?

 

[EmptyManForever]

May I ask HOW psychiatry got into your life? Was it you who sought it, or someone else that made you seek it?

Well my parents took me to a psychiatrist, and I believed it would help me , I was never told about the serious side effects of the psych meds they gave me , I was just told that they would help me , so I believed it and took these meds for about a year , which was probably the biggest mistake of my life ,instead of helping me I guess these meds messed up my mind pretty good, I now have anhedonia, which is the worst ever, it's hard to spend time with this condition, nothing feels good anymore, only energy drinks like I said before helps , thanks for answering btw

 

[Lupgevif]

Yeah, I'm sorry I can't relate. I had to fight my parents to be able to go to one, and while it did nothing bad to me, it has done nothing good at all as well. So I just had my money took from me and little abstinence crisis from time to time.

 

[GarageKarate07]

Everybodies life has been ruined. They let these ass hats write books. Their horrible opinions have been circulated for everyone to buy into which is why nobody gives a damn. They labeled it all as crazy so nobody has to feel a sense of responsibility for their fellow humans. Pretty sure one of them said we all want to make love to our mothers.

 

[noaccount]

I'm glad you were able to stop taking the drugs after realizing they weren't helping, and I'm sorry the damage has lasted so long anyway. Psychiatry was harmful to me less because of the drugs and more because of the other abuses in locked wards - but, myself, I never had a 'normal life' anyway (which isn't the worst thing.) Can I ask how long it's been since you stopped taking them?

 

[EmbraceOfTheVoid]

Not ruined but I was harmed by both Psychology and Psychiatry. I'd recommend you check out the subreddit r/antipsychiatry as there are many stories like yours.

 

[EmptyManForever]

Can I ask how long it's been since you stopped taking them?

It's been like 5 years since I stopped meds, also I attempted partial hanging many times after I found out the truth about these psych meds ,the truth that they are dangerous and unhealthy, so its either an adverse reaction from the psych meds that's causing me anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure from anything) or it could be due to my failed partial attempt , all I know is I'm not the same as I used to be , my beautiful mind is not there anymore , I have no motivation left , and my life is dull every single day , and to make things worse I have very low energy as well, the only thing that seems to restore my energy levels is energy drinks, and I'm only 25 now , and I keep wondering how I'm supposed to live like this for another 50 years or so

 

[Trisolaris]

My life wasn't wonderful but it has been extensively ruined by psych meds.

 

[booray]

I've been on SSRIs for over four years now and all they've done is take away my libido and give me a serious case of anhedonia.

 

[Disappointered]

I never had a beautiful life or mind. Psychiatrists didn't ruin it but some of them did make it worse through microaggressions. This also goes for psychologists and GPs who do counseling. As for pills, they haven't seemed to have any severely negative effects but then again i've been on them for so long that the effects might have just been too gradual for me to notice. I do think they may have aged my mind and body to the point of bringing about mild symptoms of alzheimer's and degnerative disc disease. Other than that they never did all that much.

 

[Rabitfever]

Well my parents took me to a psychiatrist, and I believed it would help me , I was never told about the serious side effects of the psych meds they gave me , I was just told that they would help me , so I believed it and took these meds for about a year , which was probably the biggest mistake of my life ,instead of helping me I guess these meds messed up my mind pretty good, I now have anhedonia, which is the worst ever, it's hard to spend time with this condition, nothing feels good anymore, only energy drinks like I said before helps , thanks for answering btw

Were any of these medications benzos by any chance? Your story is very similar to mine