Quack quack quack

By mikki_arlert - This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my mother threatened my psychiatrist with legal action because he told her the organic and herbal "medicine" she swears by don't actually "cure" mental illness like she claims. FML
I agree, your life sucks 10 920
You deserved it 771
Thanksgiving: Turkeys and Skids
Family meals that turn absurd, because Thanksgiving is also about laughing at little disasters. More…
Previous FML Next FML

Same thing different taste

Next

Top comments

_Peppermint_ 34

Sounds like she's the one that needs a psychiatrist !

97 3
xxDeeStar 27

So sorry you have to go through that. Ignorance does this.. And especially to people who don't want to learn and remain ignorant. It can be so damaging to one's life. It's insane. If only they knew that "medicine" is just purified "herbs" anyway.

67 2

Comments

_Peppermint_ 34

Sounds like she's the one that needs a psychiatrist !

97 3
mfmylifesrsly 29

I'm so sorry you have to go through with that, OP. My uncle suffers with mental illness and for the longest time his wife thought herbs and prayer would cure him. It wasn't until they were married 5 years and he went on a manic high she realized he needs professional help. Hopefully your mother will come around.

13 1
MessedUpLife00 13

So sorry, actual medicine is what we need sometimes, not just natural, not saying that natural medicine isn't real. I'm just saying we need the meds that were made to deal with it! Best of luck!

16 3
Lalala579121 27

Well pretty much all medicine is natural to some degree. But yes sometimes we need actual medicine and not just the placebo effect from thinking some herbal remedies actually do anything.

5 6
IHaveThePower 16

Plant-based medicine isn't placebo--we're still exploring medicinal uses of a lot of common plants, which is how we found out about St. John's Wort and marijuana. It's just not very well-studied or very strong medicine, so it's usually a good idea to try pills first, and use other medicines to supplement. You also VERY much have to research the effects and what people say about it, and learn to filter the religious claims from the scientific, so it's not something you should be working on unless you're willing to do a lot of research on how your disorders work.

0 0
HoboMeth 33

Comment moderated for rule-breaking.

Show it anyway
5 25
xxDeeStar 27

So sorry you have to go through that. Ignorance does this.. And especially to people who don't want to learn and remain ignorant. It can be so damaging to one's life. It's insane. If only they knew that "medicine" is just purified "herbs" anyway.

67 2
RichardPencil 30

Comment moderated for rule-breaking.

Show it anyway
2 26
ShotaSammy 17

Wtf does this even mean? Mental health drugs can literally make every symptom of mental illnesses away sometimes?

13 2
RichardPencil 30

As long as you take them, and hoping their effectiveness doesn't diminish. They don't "cure" any mental disorders, they merely treat them.

8 17
201chasew 22

I agree that meds usually help, but they sometimes dont help enough, or they have severe side effects. Schizophrenia, for example, has meds that treat some of the symptoms (usually only positive but sometimes negative symptoms as well), but they have severe side effects such as diabetes.

2 4
rodrigun449 16

You all should just get down with the sickness

11 1
Yourheadache 19

time to have an educational talk with her.

0 0
wmayrhofer 18

Assuming she is the patient, this is not unusual behavior and he should know how to handle this. Don't feel bad unlesd you drove her crazy...

0 13
ShotaSammy 17

Its says its Op's psychiatrist, meaning their mother wants to sue ops psychiatrist for wanted op to take mental health medication and not their mother's "treatments"

9 1
cutie64840 2

Nor does the meds he will prescribe.

2 16