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04-05-2017 07:14 PM
04-05-2017 07:14 PM
MI dying young
This may be a bit of a controversial topic but I have been reading articles about people with a serious/severe mental illness dying about 25 years earlier than the healthy population, it appears it's not due to suicide but common causes of death like heart desease, cancer and other causes, the articles talk of needing to address this as a major health concern, sane has or did have a project running on this topic, I guess it depends on the severity of the MI, its timeframe and quality of life, but with my long term illness, I can think of nothing worse than having doctors say to me, ok we can not cure your mental illness, but we better try to make sure you live 25 years longer with it, I guess it is what we do as a society, aim to maximise longevity, but for me the pressing issue is being able to better treat the mental illness before we even consider longevity, as sad as it sounds, I pray every night that I don't wake up, even though I have good help and a medication that gives some relief during the day, is it fair to extend the torture for another 25 years?
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05-05-2017 06:23 PM
05-05-2017 06:23 PM
Re: MI dying young
Hi @getbetter,
This a quite a though provoking post. Thanks for bringing it up, it certainly got me thinking.
I think quality of life, irrespective of illness, is important. I hope that no one (and this includes people with cancer, heart conditions, terminal illness, chronic pain sufferers, and people with mental illness) has to live a long life with prolonged suffering. In this sense, I think any type of intervention (e.g., medical, psychiatric) that can help improve quality life by relieving suffering is helpful.
I wonder what other people's thoughts are - @utopia @Shaz51 @Appleblossom?
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05-05-2017 07:51 PM
05-05-2017 07:51 PM
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05-05-2017 08:21 PM
05-05-2017 08:21 PM
Re: MI dying young
Hello @getbetter, @utopia, @CherryBomb
This is why hubby wants to try to go off his meds because of what the doctors say he could get inthe long term , but when he does , he needs to go back on them , soo he feels you are dam it you take the meds and dammed if you don`t
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05-05-2017 10:07 PM
05-05-2017 10:07 PM
Re: MI dying young
Hi, interesting discussion. Having a MI can be very stressful and stress causes problems like high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, cancer etc. Also medications can have an adverse effect on liver and kidneys which in turn may shorten your life span. In the past I have had to change meds because what I prescribed was causing me liver damage. I don't drink so there was no other reason for it. Healthy mind = healthy body and the same for the reverse?