Support Coalition - David Oaks <dendron at efn.org> wrote:
> 1. Forcing neuroleptic drugs is common, both inside institutions
> and on an outpatient basis, in the USA and internationally.
rogue007 at ix.netcom.com (Rogue 007) writes:
> This is because the mainstream media propagates the Big Lie that
> there is something ``evil'' about using antipsychotic meds for
> mental illness treatment. As a result, many uniformed non-
> mental patients have a negative attitude toward antipsychotic
> meds. Is it any wonder many untreated sufferers exposed to the
> same influences don't desire meds while dazed, confused, and
> paranoid?
There's a little more to the story than this. Neuroleptic drugs work
by antagonizing the effects of dopamine. Now it so happens that
dopamine also plays a central role in the brain's reward system. (The
role of dopamine in reward might or might not be independent of its
role in schizophrenia.) Thus, neuroleptics quite literally take a lot
of the pleasure out of everything. It's no wonder that patients are
so often reluctant to use them. Any drug that can make an orgasm
boring is not likely to excite much enthusiasm.
-- Bill