do you think mental illness can be cured by medicines?

Question

Those medicines which make them sleep for longer hours.My 16 yr old friend is on medication for 4 yrs and nothing seems to improve. but she is getting worse when it comes to exams or if she doesnt take medicines properly. is there any other cure ? i really want to help her to be like normal ppl like us. how do i help?

she is also having problems at school.her school mates bully her that she is insane and treat her bad. because of that she hates to go to sch and her studies are affected.

Answer 1

Mental illness can be TREATED by medicine, but not cured.

Answer 2

I've heard that there are people who only have a nervous breakdown once in their entire lifetime. In this case those people were able to adjust later, hence, there is no need for continued medication. However, if the mental illness is recurring, then the patient will need a regular dose to treat but not cure the illness. When it is for example caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, then another chemical (drug) should treat or balance it. For ordinary people, being cured means not seeing any of the symptoms but for a medical practitioner, it is seeing less of the symptoms. Medication is to be taken regularly so that a relapse will be prevented or if not, it will be controllable. Otherwise, it may be worse than you expect, if untreated. Your friend may need to see her doctor again to assess if the dosage can be reduced, increased or if the drug will need to be changed but she will definitely need to take a maintenance dose. As I see it, she needs to religiously follow the prescription. Through that, her well-being will improve and hopefully will lead to normalization. The people around her should also believe that she can do it, including the patient herself. You, as a friend, can encourage her to take her medication and give moral support as to her confidence level, to guide but not dictate things for decision-making, etc. Of course, she can always seek objective, professional help or counselling, aside from medication. Tell her to rest her mind too and give time for relaxation, whether to herself or with others. Let her read self-help books about mental hygiene. Also, she can call on God, whoever is her God, to keep her sane. In Christianity, mental illness is a bondage. Let her cast her anxieties to God. Believe in miracles.

Answer 3

I can not say if drugs alone can cure mental illness: Speaking from my own experience with mental illness is this: I have been diagnosed with clinical depression,have attempted suicide twice in my life time: Not because I wanted to hurt anyone,just the opposite (I was hurting inside,emotionally),and I just wanted to make the hurting stop: People who have never experienced clinical depression,or any other mental illness for that matter are just not able to understand that a person DOES NOT choose to be this way:
Now to the topic of your question,medication has literally been a life savior for me:
Before being put on Prozac I suffered 24 hours a day with feelings of worthlessness,and usefulness: Now with the Prozac controlling the (chemical imbalance) that caused the clinical depression I am finely able to enjoy life,and all that I have to be thankful for:
Before being put on the Prozac it was like a dark cloud had totally engulfed me,and I could not escape: Now I see the sun,the clouds,the sky,and enjoy my life: So can drugs cure mental illness (maby not),but it sure can make living with a mental illness a whole lot easier. I hope this helped

Answer 4

Treatment

Medicine has been unable to cure mental illness. Many conditions, like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, can be treated with medication, however. The function of the psychiatrist is to provide support, therapy and, if necessary, medications to address the symptoms, the patient's suffering. When medications are used, the psychiatrist and the patient are responsible for monitoring and managing the prescription of these medications and their effects.

Some mental conditions can be "cured" insofar as symptoms go away, whether with medication or support, but the underlying vulnerability remains. Some mental conditions can be "cured" insofar as the patient no longer suffers significantly (like exposure and response for certain phobias). With chronic mental disorders, the chances of the symptoms recurring will be affected by the number of episodes the patient has had in the past, the effectiveness of the treatment, as well as external factors.

Since mental illness is frequently a physical illness manifesting through and exacerbated by behavior, most people with mental illness also benefit from psychotherapy, either from a psychiatrist or some other qualified clinician, like a social worker or psychologist. The most basic treatment involves identifying maladaptive, self-destructive, or inappropriate behaviors and finding ways, with the patient, of coping with, eliminating, or altering those behaviors to promote overall mental health.

Often individuals with serious mental illness will engage in several different treatment modalities, all with specific goals. For example, a patient with chronic schizophrenia may be involved in treatment with a psychiatrist for medication, and he or she may also be engaged in psychotherapy to help manage their life-long condition, as well being engaged in case management (sometimes referred to as "service coordination") or a day treatment, vocational, psychosocial rehabilitation program, or assertive community treatment program to help move them towards a more productive and independent role in the community.


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Answer 5

Mental Illness can not be cured by medicines. There is no such thing as a miracle drug for Mental Illness. People have to accept the way they are and if they want to change for the better they have to work at it and become better.
That decision from any human being cannot always be handled by them because they lack the knowledge or will power. Sometimes, they are incapacitated to the point that no medicine or therapy will do any good.
We all can become mentally ill from anything to strokes to neurological diseases and Altzheimers...ect
These things incapacitate you were sometimes medicine just wont help. You become ill and eventually die from it or causes death.
If your healthy and know it, then treat yourself to an icecream because somebody out there somewhere in this world has just become mentally ill to the point of no return and are hospitalized for the rest of their life. Count your chickens and be happy.

Answer 6

Medication is vital to curing mental illness

Answer 7

I think some medications can fix mental illness, it depends on the cause of the mental illness. I think some illnesses may be caused by chemical imbalances and these illnesses can be improved with medication. Other mental illnesses I am not so sure about. I think a major compoinent, or convinient side effect of most psychiatric medication regimes is sedation, and people tend to look really healthy when they are asleep.

Answer 8

In my experience, the medicines prescribed for psychiatric patients simply stabilize their condition. They do not cure the underlying problem. Some psychiatric drugs have serious psychological and physical side effects, especially with prolonged usage. The situation is far from ideal. Having said that, as long as a patient keeps taking the appropriate prescribed drug, their condition should not deteriorate. If your friend's mental health is worsening, her prescription may need to be adjusted or she may not be taking the drug as prescribed. Perhaps your friend (or her parents) should speak to her psychiatrist or general practitioner about the issue.

Answer 9

I don't really think that you should be meddling in such serious issues as your friends mental health if you are a teenager as well. The most that you can do is stick by her, be available to listen, and be the best friend you can...she probably really needs that because it's hard to trust just anyone with telling them those kinds of things about yourself. She must consider you a really good friend to share so much with you, and your acceptance is probably what is most important to her right now. If anything, if you are really worried about the meds affecting her school performance...advise her to talk with her parents about a possible medication change.

Answer 10

Medication does not cure mental illness.What it does is it helps to control the condition.New and better medications are constantly being evaluated as they become available and treatment for many conditions is constantly changing and improving.
You could join a support group for those with the same or similar problems as your friend.

Answer 11

I would reckon medicine is likely to do more harm than good.
You are doing the right thing by offering love and encouragement. She has obviously had some traumatic experience or dream which has caused some sort of blockage.
EFT can often help - Emotional Freedom Techniques.
Do a search for an EFT practitioner in your area.