ill considerate people

So i posted this thread on psychcentral inquiring about sedatives ( seroquel and lunesta). And one person responds, you shouldn't use sedatives at all for long term coz it causes cancer and cited some scientific study.

First of all, sleep disorders associated with mental health issues are often way too complicated to treat. I feel like i want to tell that person that, Taking sedatives is not a "choice" we make, choice implies that there is a better non pharmaceutical alternative ( which we already haven't tried). where else are we supposed to turn to when excercise, meditation, other natural ways fails to alleviate our sleep issues. I feel like Life backs us into a corner and forces us to make choices that goes against everything we believe in. But there's no other way, atleast for the time being, so we swallow up the inner resistance and go through that choice day after day. And then someone comes and says, the choice you're making will kill you. I got "proof" of it.

Secondly, other than sleep issues, like a lot of people i suffer from health anxiety. I mean, What am i supposed to with this useless information that ( may or may not be true, yet it is presented as a fact) serves no other purpose but to inflame the already riled up and scared minds, such as mine. I feel like i want to tell that person that i'm already scared, all the time, every second of every day. What more are you trying to accomplish here?

I bet the person posted with good intentions and meant well.

as they say, opinions are like a-holes and everybody's got one. there's a lot of information out there and some of it is right, some of it is straight wrong, but most of it is slanted towards the way the person taking it in wants to interpret it.

i say this as a stranger on the internet with full understanding of the irony of what i'm about to advise:

don't listen to strangers on the internet about your health.

yes, it's good to come and get advice and reassurance and to not feel so alone. but when someone who doesn't even know you, or your doctor, or your full situation, tells you not to do something your doctor prescribed for you, as you already determined that person is not really on your side. you can't diagnose someone from a distance -- even if you have the information available to you, even if you've been a doctor for decades, it's unethical and nigh impossible.

i understand your fears about psych meds. i really do. we all have them, i think, in one form or another -- especially where health anxiety is concerned. the warnings and the horror stories play so loudly and they're so hard to ignore. and once they get in, they just rattle around your head like an angry little marble.

the demand to go rx free, to face your challenges without help, that's an ableist (and often dismissive) point of view. you're absolutely right, it's not a choice for everyone. but even when it is a choice, it's still a valid one for your life if that's what feels right to you. you, and to a lesser extent your doctor, are the only one who can make the right call for you.

tell that person off if you want to, or don't. either way, you're doing great. keep up the good work.

With good intentions or not, one shouldn't post such things to a person who is willing to recover and do their best to give a chance to medication treatment - which is already a tough thing.
Good intention doesn't justify stupidity.
Obviously they have no idea about what a person with panic disorder goes through...

There is no such scientific research about sedatives causing a complicated mystery condition like cancer, but there are some reliable scientific data about the long term use of high dosage sedatives causing problems and withdrawal effects.

Other than this, it's BS on the internet. As Jbarrett's first paragraph describes it...

The good i receive from Pshychcentral or healingwell far outweighs the bad. these are my little corners of the world, where for some time of the day i'm with people who understand, empathise.

That's the spirit!!✋

S.C.

I am very well versed on a lot of meds as I come from a strong medical family background. I don't post about meds unless I have personal experience with them just so I don't scare anyone with health anxiety issues. there is already more than enough worry to go around in life and on here . yes rav there are times when we really don't have much choice whether or not to take a certain kind of med given the alternative. I am so with you on this