THIS IS SO IMPORTANT

breelandwalker:

thegreenwitchking:

Please, please, PLEASE never tell a witch with schizophrenia, schizoaffective or any other hallucination/delusion disorder that their hallucinations are spirits/demons/ghosts/etc. Please, please, PLEASE do not advise them to go off their medication. I am all for holistics to a certain degree but you CANNOT validate something as serious as hallucinations or delusions because it can make things seriously, seriously worse. As someone who went off their medication because a reiki master claimed to have cured them, I can tell you now, it isn’t safe.

If someone wants to take a holistic approach to their healthcare/disorder, that should be between them and a licensed professional.

Please, please, PLEASE stop trying to tell me to go off my medication. You have no idea what a challenge it is to get me to take them in the first place and I’ve been on them three years strong without skipping.

I’m not saying big pharmacy drugs are better than holistics. I’m just saying it is dangerous to try and take the place of a doctor who this person has been working with and the routine/regimen they’ve worked out in order to treat their disorder.

Thank you.

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.

If you are not a licensed medical professional, by which I mean you have gone to school and received a degree and an official license to practice some form of medicine, DO NOT try to tell people how they “should” treat their mental and physical ailments.

And most especially, DO NOT shame people who want or need to be on medication. That’s their business, not yours, and they know better than you do what they need and what works for them.

And even if you are a medical professional, just remember that if people want your advice on their condition, they’ll ask for it.