I’m in a spirituality facebook group where someone asked:

“What do practitioners here think about psychiatric medication?”

Everyone’s comments ranged from saying medications can be temporary supports to flat out stating medications will “destroy everything.”

I felt compelled to weigh in with the post below. I decided to share it here as well.

Hi 👋 physician/surgeon and long time practitioner. Anyone commenting without asking “which medication?” doesn’t have an informed opinion, no matter how well intentioned they may be.

Psychiatric problems are diverse, as are the medications used to treat them. Talking about depression is very different than talking about schizophrenia in this context.

Overall this question is not an easy one to address. Mental health is just as much an art as a science, due to our lack of scientific understanding regarding the nature of consciousness. So right now we just do the best we can, which works for some people and fails others.

My unsolicited advice (without knowing a diagnosis and what medication we are talking about) would be to keep things simple and stable. Don’t feel ashamed for using medications or pressured to get off medications.

I’ve lost or came too close to losing too many friends because they were off their meds. It can be a life or death difference.

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If anyone's looking for really gentle or disability friendly exercise...

Doctor Jo on YouTube is a physical therapist who offers lots of therapeutic stretching and exercise videos for specific conditions and pain relief. [x]

Leap Services is a Canadian physical therapy group that has a YouTube playlist of gentle exercise routines. All of these exercises are done in a chair (except for one which is done on the floor) and are intentionally adaptable to different bodies and needs. [x]

Yoga with Zelinda on YouTube has yoga that's adapted to a large number of conditions, for instance, providing a playlist of routines that don't require kneeling and another of chair yoga. She also offers yoga for specific health challenges, like fibromyalgia and mobility issues. There's a playlist of yoga routines for people with bigger bodies as well. [x]

Santosha Spirit on YouTube has yoga routines for people with chronic fatigue, chronic pain, POTS, and EDS. [x]

Yoga with Shaunneka on YouTube has a playlist of slow seated yoga, including chair yoga, as well as a playlist of gentle yoga. [x]

Qinergy on YouTube has tai chi sets broken down into easy tutorials. There is a seated version of her shibashi set. [x]

Perth Tai Chi Academy on YouTube is similar to Qinergy. It provides a seated version of daoyin yangshen qigong. [x]

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