compsports Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Many of you may have recalled reading a story about Keris Myrick in the New York Times who,even though she has a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, thrives today as CEO of Project Return Peer Support Network. In reading the article, the inference seemed to be that she was taking medication although one could assume by certain parts of the article that perhaps she wasn't. Anyway, Bob Whitaker has set the record straight in his latest blog entry on psychology today, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mad-in-america/201111/rorschach-test-psych-meds as as she hasn't take medication on regular basis for 5 years. She did it for six months after being convinced by her psychiatrist Timothy Pylko to do it. She then began with his support to take medication on an as needed basis. But this was only when all her other coping mechanisms didn't work. She hasn't done so for more than a year as she found it to greatly impair her cognitively and interfere with her work performance. Of course, the usual critics will say that someone like her is a very rare person and people with schizophrenia have to be on drugs come heck or high water. Heck, even before Whitaker's blog entry, there were negative comments about someone with her condition being rare in being the CEO of an organization. By the way, I found it interesting that her psychiatrist did not get great reviews on patient sites. If you read them, you would never guess in a million years that he would be so flexible in working with Ms. Myrick. Enjoy the blog entry: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mad-in-america/201111/rorschach-test-psych-meds CS Drug cocktail 1995 - 2010 Started taper of Adderall, Wellbutrin XL, Remeron, and Doxepin in 2006 Finished taper on June 10, 2010 Temazepam on a PRN basis approximately twice a month - 2014 to 2016 Beginning in 2017 - Consumption increased to about two times per week April 2017 - Increased to taking it full time for insomnia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted November 3, 2011 Administrator Share Posted November 3, 2011 Thank you Robert Whitaker for refusing to let b.s. stand! This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarannamated Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Thank you Robert Whitaker for refusing to let b.s. stand! YEAH! Pristiq tapered over 8 months ending Spring 2011 after 18 years of polydrugging that began w/Zoloft for fatigue/general malaise (not mood). CURRENT: 1mg Klonopin qhs (SSRI bruxism), 75mg trazodone qhs, various hormonesLitigation for 11 years for Work-related injury, settled 2004. Involuntary medical retirement in 2001 (age 39). 2012 - brain MRI showing diffuse, chronic cerebrovascular damage/demyelination possibly vasculitis/cerebritis. Dx w/autoimmune polyendocrine failure.<p>2013 - Dx w/CNS Sjogren's Lupus (FANA antibodies first appeared in 1997 but missed by doc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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