My daughter had a breakdown her second day of senior year. She was so upset and we didn’t know what to do. My therapist told us to bring her to a psych hospital. We were overwhelmed and scared and did it. Biggest mistake. It was there she got in the psychiatry mill. She was put on her first drug and only released once we set up an appointment with an outside psychiatrist. For the next 7 years she was on a rotation of drugs and she got worse and worse. I finally realized it was the drugs and began educating myself. I shared it with her. It took her over a year to be ready but she finally came and told me she wanted off. It took her 9 months to slowly wean off her last drug, klonipin. That was 3 years ago. Now at 28 she has just finished her bachelors and is just starting out in her career. Those drugs almost destroyed her life. It was awful.
My daughter had a breakdown her second day of senior year. She was so upset and we didn’t know what to do. My therapist told us to bring her to a psych hospital. We were overwhelmed and scared and did it. Biggest mistake. It was there she got in the psychiatry mill. She was put on her first drug and only released once we set up an appointment with an outside psychiatrist. For the next 7 years she was on a rotation of drugs and she got worse and worse. I finally realized it was the drugs and began educating myself. I shared it with her. It took her over a year to be ready but she finally came and told me she wanted off. It took her 9 months to slowly wean off her last drug, klonipin. That was 3 years ago. Now at 28 she has just finished her bachelors and is just starting out in her career. Those drugs almost destroyed her life. It was awful.