"The proportion that experiences a disturbing side-effect has been estimated at between 50 and 70 per cent, and participants in our study reported on average between six and seven medication side-effects.That is not hopelessness. That is Learned Helplessness, a condition triggered by Psychologists using psychotropic medications to treat Physiological problems.
"It is difficult for an outsider to appreciate what this means to individual consumers, and how it impacts on their self-image and ability to cope."
Side-effects can include Parkinsonism, akathisia (restlessness) and tardive dyskinesia (involuntary movements), as well as weight gain, hypersomnia, insomnia, sexual dysfunction, dry mouth, constipation and dizziness.
The most profound side-effect is extreme fatigue, which leaves many in a 'zombie state'.
Participants engulfed by hopelessness-
Disturbingly, researchers found participants often exhibited 'a culture of hopelessness' where acceptance was dominant, which they warn can destroy an individual's will to recover.
"The issue here is the extent to which people with a mental illness have been conditioned into accepting the disabling effects of psychotropic medications without protest," Prof Morrison says.
And we don't actually feel helpless, it's defensive. We go along with you because you make our lives even more miserable otherwise.
We wouldn't do that if we knew this-
Hopelessness is something else entirely. It is actually a symptom of Sepsis. A severe disturbance in the habenula which controls error processing.
Trust me, I listened to this run over and over in my head constantly for three solid weeks -
"You will never be right.
You will always be wrong."
Probably ten thousand times.
And when my sinuses got better it went away.
They are not only not treating the problem, they are allowing acute infections to fester in their Zombie patient pool.
