Interestingly, supporters of anti-psychology share much in common with the old anti-illegal drug campaigns of D.A.R.E. with their slogan “Just say no to drugs”, only in this case, they mean “Just say no to psychiatric drugs of any kind.”
If you couple this argument with the previous argument that disputes the existence of mental illness, this position isn’t that surprising. After all, why would you take a mind-altering substance for an illness that doesn’t exist? And of course,not to mention, it’s all a scam!
But the anti-psychology supporters don’t just rest there. They take their case a step further by claiming that drugs are not only useless but actively harmful long-term to the average person. They claim that drugs alter the brain in such a way that it was never meant to be altered, thereby, setting up the brain to react negatively biologically to the intrusion of these drugs.
Think of it this way: if you keep throwing little pieces of metal into a running engine, that engine may continue to run for a while, but it will, sooner or later, get bent out of shape and just kind of stop all together after a while of running very poorly. So it is with the claims of the bad effects that psych meds have on people. Each medication, so the claim goes, is like throwing little spikes into the pathways of your brain, slowly but surely causing your brain to burn out.
Plus, they say, there are a huge amount of side effects that can cause problems at least as bad as the original reason for seeking treatment. If an anti-psychotic makes you unable to walk well or makes you gain 40 lbs; then, not only will you be upset about what was going on in your life, but you’ll be upset that you’re overweight and having trouble walking as well. And in some cases, the side effects can even kill you.
But mainly, so the anti-psychology argument goes, psych meds just don’t work. They have little effect that’s better than a sugar pill and what studies do show benefit from them were done with questionable science conducted mainly with large amounts of money from the drug industry that just wants to, once again, separate the sucker from his hard earned cash.
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