By mikki_arlert - 08/10/2016 05:24 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my mother threatened my psychiatrist with legal action because he told her the organic and herbal "medicine" she swears by don't actually "cure" mental illness like she claims. FML
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_Peppermint_ 34
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Sounds like she's the one that needs a psychiatrist !

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xxDeeStar 27
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So sorry you have to go through that. Ignorance does this.. And especially to people who don't want to learn and remain ignorant. It can be so damaging to one's life. It's insane. If only they knew that "medicine" is just purified "herbs" anyway.

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_Peppermint_ 34
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Sounds like she's the one that needs a psychiatrist !

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mfmylifesrsly 29
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I'm so sorry you have to go through with that, OP. My uncle suffers with mental illness and for the longest time his wife thought herbs and prayer would cure him. It wasn't until they were married 5 years and he went on a manic high she realized he needs professional help. Hopefully your mother will come around.

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MessedUpLife00 13
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So sorry, actual medicine is what we need sometimes, not just natural, not saying that natural medicine isn't real. I'm just saying we need the meds that were made to deal with it! Best of luck!

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Lalala579121 27
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Well pretty much all medicine is natural to some degree. But yes sometimes we need actual medicine and not just the placebo effect from thinking some herbal remedies actually do anything.

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HoboMeth 33
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xxDeeStar 27
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So sorry you have to go through that. Ignorance does this.. And especially to people who don't want to learn and remain ignorant. It can be so damaging to one's life. It's insane. If only they knew that "medicine" is just purified "herbs" anyway.

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ShotaSammy 17
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Wtf does this even mean? Mental health drugs can literally make every symptom of mental illnesses away sometimes?

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RichardPencil 30
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As long as you take them, and hoping their effectiveness doesn't diminish. They don't "cure" any mental disorders, they merely treat them.

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201chasew 22
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I agree that meds usually help, but they sometimes dont help enough, or they have severe side effects. Schizophrenia, for example, has meds that treat some of the symptoms (usually only positive but sometimes negative symptoms as well), but they have severe side effects such as diabetes.

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rodrigun449 16
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You all should just get down with the sickness

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Yourheadache 19

time to have an educational talk with her.

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wmayrhofer 18
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Assuming she is the patient, this is not unusual behavior and he should know how to handle this. Don't feel bad unlesd you drove her crazy...

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ShotaSammy 17
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Its says its Op's psychiatrist, meaning their mother wants to sue ops psychiatrist for wanted op to take mental health medication and not their mother's "treatments"

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cutie64840 2

Nor does the meds he will prescribe.

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