tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post1084832641749231862..comments2023-12-23T19:32:16.381-07:00Comments on The Goat's Lunch Pail: Friday's Child - Can They Help It?Leah J. Utashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-57443586424240852562008-02-09T13:30:00.000-07:002008-02-09T13:30:00.000-07:00Thanks for the backup, Crabby. It's a tough issue...Thanks for the backup, Crabby. It's a tough issue. We tend to be too quick in absolving people of their responsibilities.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-66779434330886709832008-02-09T13:09:00.000-07:002008-02-09T13:09:00.000-07:00Like you, I think the issue of mental illness and ...Like you, I think the issue of mental illness and personal responsibility can be incredibly complicated. Yet people tend to see things in black and white--it's all their fault, or nothing they do is their fault. But I agree, mental illness and personal responsibility don't have to be mutually exclusive concepts.Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-8979300130620460682008-02-08T20:09:00.000-07:002008-02-08T20:09:00.000-07:00You make a good point, Holly.You make a good point, Holly.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-4202368138113823822008-02-08T12:22:00.000-07:002008-02-08T12:22:00.000-07:00I think the desire to stop taking the medication i...I think the desire to stop taking the medication is actually a desire to be "well". As long as a person is taking meds they can never consider themselves "well". Sometimes getting off the meds works ok and sometimes it doesn't. I don't think that a person decides to go off their meds because they want to get back to feeling whatever they felt that got them on the meds in the first place. They think they feel ok so maybe they can still feel ok without the meds, so they try it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-86912610404546137712008-02-08T10:51:00.000-07:002008-02-08T10:51:00.000-07:00I think the side effects are the big issue, df Bag...I think the side effects are the big issue, df Bag Lady. You're right, they can apparently be as bad, sometimes worse, than the illness.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-51449954037288379442008-02-08T06:21:00.000-07:002008-02-08T06:21:00.000-07:00I have often thought about that aspect of mental i...I have often thought about that aspect of mental illness. Taking their medication makes them feel better, so they stop taking the medication because they think they are 'cured'. Some of these people are highly intelligent, so it makes me wonder about this decision of theirs - do they not see the correlation? <BR/>I did hear something at one point (many years ago) that a lot of the side-effects of some of the medications prescribed for certain mental illnesses are almost as bad as having the illness in the first place. <BR/>Of course, taking personal responsibility can be very difficult for some people. Isn't it easier to hide behind a label? It can be so very hard to always have to be grown-up and do the right thing.the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.com