When I went to a psychiatrist and explained my condition (with no precise diagnosis at the time), I was given some pills from the drawer (that was locked) and not even told what is it or whatnot... Just 'Take this and take it so and so'. I rejected and late diplomatically suggested I'd 'think about it'... When I came the next time (I was originally asked to come after doing some psychological tests with another doctor), the psychiatrist told me 'Why do you come here if you reject treatment?' Well, I still think I did right in not taking the medicine. I do realize that my condition (especially the OCD part of it) is severe if not extreme most of the time, but I somehow imagine it to be brave and 'right' to abstain from medication, since, first of all, it is a drug and usually causes lots of side effects, secondly, it impairs your actual vision of the world- a thing I really do not see as preferable. I've read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, where the population is drugged and controlled and one character, John the Savage, rejects it and instead tries to lead an austere and ascetic way of life, going as far as to even torture himself... Not that I relate that much to that character, yet I feel that using prescribed medication that alters your mental perception is bad by definition. It's a way that the society 'disinfects' you as a suspected person. On the other hand, I have read about experiments with LSD suggesting it used as a cure for OCD, not that I have an opinion on that...
11 Oct 2015, 5:01 am
