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The Down Side of Popping Pills

...I call them happy pills, they call them "chemical balancers." At one point I was on a type of speed, much like Ritalin, that messed me up really bad.

Once, I was even prescribed a narcotic that is illegal to the rest of the world.The worst experience was when I was first put on Seroquel by this psychotic doctor.

He had me on an 800 mg dose everyday.

According to the big book of medications, that should have overdosed a 35-year-old adult male.

It's no wonder I failed my freshmen year P.E class that was first thing in the morning.

I could not function on the medications.

It would take me anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and a half to get out of bed each morning.

I couldn't think, I couldn't see, and I couldn't be me.

How is that good for me?

When my therapist heard about this, she made me stop taking it.

But when I went back to my doctor, he upped my dose again!

So I left that doctor, and his license was later revoked, and he no longer has the right to hurt patients.The doctors prescribe the pills to "make me happy." The pills just don't allow me to think.

I don't have a chance to be happy or upset.

I'm just … there.

Maybe I'm biased because about 90 percent of the people I know on medications have had the same emotionless experiences.

My younger sister is diagnosed with ADHD and has been taking Aderal for the last three years.

My father is taking Effexor to suppress his depression.

My mother has also been diagnosed bi-polar...

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