Comments on: BIID, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapy, and Medication http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Cath http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17957 Cath Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:40:22 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2228#comment-17957 Sean's right Ahab. These days antipsychotics in small doses are used for all sorts of psychiatric conditions that are not connected with psychosis. Depression is one of them, agitation, within anxiety disorder, is another. Haloperidol is an old fashioned chemical cosh and should not be used these days - the more modern 'atypicals' are much less troublesome. However you are right in one thing - the only point of using them is a)if they help and b)if the benefits outweigh any side effects. Sean’s right Ahab. These days antipsychotics in small doses are used for all sorts of psychiatric conditions that are not connected with psychosis. Depression is one of them, agitation, within anxiety disorder, is another.
Haloperidol is an old fashioned chemical cosh and should not be used these days - the more modern ‘atypicals’ are much less troublesome.
However you are right in one thing - the only point of using them is a)if they help and b)if the benefits outweigh any side effects.

]]> By: Sean http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17953 Sean Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:56:49 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2228#comment-17953 @ahab, you're not actually correct. antipsychotics are often used "off label" to some success. But I hear your point. @ahab, you’re not actually correct. antipsychotics are often used “off label” to some success.

But I hear your point.

]]> By: ahab http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17952 ahab Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:58:45 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2228#comment-17952 Sean, do yourself a favour and do NOT take antipsychotics. This only shows the shrink believed BIID might be psychotic, no matter what he says. Psychosis is the only reason to prescribe antipsychotics. You are not psychotic, thus there simply is no need to take any antipsychotic. Antipsychotics have in the past been the only answer if a shrink does not now what to do else with a patient. Everything has been tried to treat with antipsychotics. Gay, transsexuals, all of them were given Haldoperidol decades ago. Antipsychotics are handcuffs for your mind. If you do not need em, don\'t take them. That simple. Sean, do yourself a favour and do NOT take antipsychotics.

This only shows the shrink believed BIID might be psychotic, no matter what he says. Psychosis is the only reason to prescribe antipsychotics.

You are not psychotic, thus there simply is no need to take any antipsychotic. Antipsychotics have in the past been the only answer if a shrink does not now what to do else with a patient.

Everything has been tried to treat with antipsychotics. Gay, transsexuals, all of them were given Haldoperidol decades ago.

Antipsychotics are handcuffs for your mind. If you do not need em, don\’t take them. That simple.

]]> By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17940 Chloe Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:00:39 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2228#comment-17940 Excellent point, Tora! Excellent point, Tora!

]]> By: Tora http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17937 Tora Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:51:45 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2228#comment-17937 what sophie said kinda got me thinking... i'm sure this has probably been said before, but if it was the other way around, if there was a relatively simple procedure which could cure paraplegia, doctors wouldn't be trying to help paraplegics learn to live with the fact that they can't walk, they'd just cure them. ironic, no? what sophie said kinda got me thinking… i’m sure this has probably been said before, but if it was the other way around, if there was a relatively simple procedure which could cure paraplegia, doctors wouldn’t be trying to help paraplegics learn to live with the fact that they can’t walk, they’d just cure them. ironic, no?

]]> By: Sophie http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17934 Sophie Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:16:27 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2228#comment-17934 That's essentially what my psychiatrist, psychologist and me are trying to achieve with my BIID. My psychologist pointed out to me that I have the opposite problem to paraplegics. I have to learn to live with the fact that I CAN walk rather than the fact that I can't. We'll never get rid of those desires, but we can try and work on ways to make it easier to live with. That’s essentially what my psychiatrist, psychologist and me are trying to achieve with my BIID. My psychologist pointed out to me that I have the opposite problem to paraplegics. I have to learn to live with the fact that I CAN walk rather than the fact that I can’t. We’ll never get rid of those desires, but we can try and work on ways to make it easier to live with.

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