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Kotya

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14. Taking meds can be a struggle

Reply to 840high (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:05 PM

Sep 2015

The problem being that many mentally ill people don't feel sick. In their minds, they feel normal. The meds that help treat their illness makes them feel strange, abnormal. So they quit taking them.

Many who have dealt with a mentally ill family member can attest to this frustration.

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Police: Man who killed firefighter mad over traffic delay [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2015 OP

Found this bit of info at the end of the article: Kotya Sep 2015 #1

So many of these violent incidents come back to inadequate treatment for mental illness. Chemisse Sep 2015 #3

What's frustrating is when you have people like Taylor Kotya Sep 2015 #5

He did get help. Stopped taking 840high Sep 2015 #6

^^^^ THIS ^^^^ KentuckyWoman Sep 2015 #13

Taking meds can be a struggle Kotya Sep 2015 #14

Yes - we just went through 840high Sep 2015 #16

Psychosis could mean schizophrenia Kurska Sep 2015 #22

Taking medication often requires help in and of itself. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #24

One of the most challenging laws that need to be enacted or changed is one you just hit on duhneece Sep 2015 #9

I say they should only be involuntarily hospitalized if they have committed acts of violence... Crowman1979 Sep 2015 #17

Threats of violence may be the tough call duhneece Sep 2015 #18

Well how about only if it's an unedited recording? Crowman1979 Sep 2015 #19

No one has ever brought up recorded evidence...great idea duhneece Sep 2015 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author narnian60 Sep 2015 #2

I wonder how much the firefighters were blocking traffic . . . Journeyman Sep 2015 #4

They did one of those "fill the boot" things here a few years ago. PSPS Sep 2015 #7

I can't believe they'd do something so stupid. Driving is stressful enough for many people. . . Journeyman Sep 2015 #10

Well, this will probably be the last. Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #12

Saw this in Brockton, MA Mopar151 Sep 2015 #11

They do it twice a year in Fairfax, Va and it doesn't seem to affect the traffic much. FSogol Sep 2015 #20

They do it here in Chicago from time to time alcibiades_mystery Sep 2015 #15

They did the "Fill the Boot" every year packman Sep 2015 #8

Though I often hear the hypothetical scenario that protesters blocking traffic LanternWaste Sep 2015 #23