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Hey All
Just some real quick info about myself - 23 years old, currently living in Melbourne(Australia) i'm a reasonably social person, currently working in retail until I'm able to sit UMAT and gain entry into a medical degree in which I will then pursue the psychiatric pathway.
Firstly I was diagnosed with schizophrenia & depression in 2008 but only recently discovered its more so a case of PTSD from my childhood. I've self admitted to a mental health ward once as a voluntary patient and again as an involuntary patient, due to certain personal tragedies occurring at times that were quite close together, so ive got an insight into what its like and what goes on.
I've done various other units of study (only diploma level) such as IT/Business etc but are all bat**** boring. So i thought to myself: "why not do something that you find interesting, something that makes you happy - something that when you wake up in 50 years time you can be content knowing you've contributed to making the world a better place & better yet, saving lives"
Now the thing is after 1-2 years of initially taking the medication i stopped completely and have done so for 5 years, yes i sometimes feel a little disconnected and depressed BUT my question is this: Would it make sense to take the path of becoming a promoter for clients to take medication in order for them to become neuro-chemically balanced (psychiatry) when I'm more of an advocate of the opposite ie. Talking about things (The psychologist kind of pathway to results)?
I've definitely considered psychology and was accepted to study a bachelor of Social Science (psychology/forensic science) - but I'm tending to lean more towards pursuing psychiatry. I'm sure a lot of shrinks are more than happy to trial their clients on different drugs but I'd like to change the way things are done and as a first line of defense use psychotherapy to try and heal the person & save the drugs as a last line of resort, of course if the person is mentally unstable and there is an immediate need for them to be medicated then by all means i'd be happy to prescribe the required drugs, but in most other cases I'd like to take a different approach in a hope that more would adopt my application.
Feel free to ask ANY personal questions through inbox or as a reply & I always welcome criticism with open arms - Thank you
- Boyd
Just some real quick info about myself - 23 years old, currently living in Melbourne(Australia) i'm a reasonably social person, currently working in retail until I'm able to sit UMAT and gain entry into a medical degree in which I will then pursue the psychiatric pathway.
Firstly I was diagnosed with schizophrenia & depression in 2008 but only recently discovered its more so a case of PTSD from my childhood. I've self admitted to a mental health ward once as a voluntary patient and again as an involuntary patient, due to certain personal tragedies occurring at times that were quite close together, so ive got an insight into what its like and what goes on.
I've done various other units of study (only diploma level) such as IT/Business etc but are all bat**** boring. So i thought to myself: "why not do something that you find interesting, something that makes you happy - something that when you wake up in 50 years time you can be content knowing you've contributed to making the world a better place & better yet, saving lives"
Now the thing is after 1-2 years of initially taking the medication i stopped completely and have done so for 5 years, yes i sometimes feel a little disconnected and depressed BUT my question is this: Would it make sense to take the path of becoming a promoter for clients to take medication in order for them to become neuro-chemically balanced (psychiatry) when I'm more of an advocate of the opposite ie. Talking about things (The psychologist kind of pathway to results)?
I've definitely considered psychology and was accepted to study a bachelor of Social Science (psychology/forensic science) - but I'm tending to lean more towards pursuing psychiatry. I'm sure a lot of shrinks are more than happy to trial their clients on different drugs but I'd like to change the way things are done and as a first line of defense use psychotherapy to try and heal the person & save the drugs as a last line of resort, of course if the person is mentally unstable and there is an immediate need for them to be medicated then by all means i'd be happy to prescribe the required drugs, but in most other cases I'd like to take a different approach in a hope that more would adopt my application.
Feel free to ask ANY personal questions through inbox or as a reply & I always welcome criticism with open arms - Thank you
- Boyd