I am not one to ever watch emotional "chick flicks" though this does have a very interesting story line this is BY FAR still fictional when it comes to the facts regarding science. Emotionally I completely agree all the symptoms portrayed by the lead character is completely true. The development of the diseases causes all sorts of hallucinations and abnormal behavior that can not only take a toll on the individual but also the family and individuals involved in that persons life.
CLOZAPINE is an atypical anti psychotic, yes at the date this was set it was the first of its kind. HOWEVER WOW...Jesse has NO side effects what so ever. lol The odds of that are extremely unlikely. When an individual is put on anti psychotics of ANY kind they gain a MINIMUM of 15-30 pounds and this is understating. Yes they gain quite some weight and this being the FIRST of this type of drug you would gain more weight. NOT to mention that you get tremors and various other muscle disorders for which you have to take various other medication for. Unlike other diseases mental disorders do not have a threshold. So for their entire life they will have to keep increasing their dose because the body neurons and receptors overpower the dose. This leads to MORE side effects the longer the duration.
For ANYONE stating this is an accurate film its NOT EVEN CLOSE. People who suffer from mental diseases in MANY cases are not allowed to drive especially someone who had gone so deep into the illness as Jesse did.
SO the next time you watch this loving heart felt move try to look beyond the sentimentalism and think about this...
What they are showing you is a movie. It is neat packaged version of something that is truly one of the most burdening, detrimental and destructive diseases known. Its not visible, its symptoms are only felt by the individual and extremely hard to diagnose and WHEN if it diagnosed correctly often miss prescribed. Its a life long disease and that takes the will of strong individual to survive and support does not come easy.
I am a pharmacist who has worked in the mental ward of hospitals that face individuals who suffer from these diseases. Yes it varies from person to person but this movie does not portray it to the least.
CLOZAPINE is an atypical anti psychotic, yes at the date this was set it was the first of its kind. HOWEVER WOW...Jesse has NO side effects what so ever. lol The odds of that are extremely unlikely. When an individual is put on anti psychotics of ANY kind they gain a MINIMUM of 15-30 pounds and this is understating. Yes they gain quite some weight and this being the FIRST of this type of drug you would gain more weight. NOT to mention that you get tremors and various other muscle disorders for which you have to take various other medication for. Unlike other diseases mental disorders do not have a threshold. So for their entire life they will have to keep increasing their dose because the body neurons and receptors overpower the dose. This leads to MORE side effects the longer the duration.
For ANYONE stating this is an accurate film its NOT EVEN CLOSE. People who suffer from mental diseases in MANY cases are not allowed to drive especially someone who had gone so deep into the illness as Jesse did.
SO the next time you watch this loving heart felt move try to look beyond the sentimentalism and think about this...
What they are showing you is a movie. It is neat packaged version of something that is truly one of the most burdening, detrimental and destructive diseases known. Its not visible, its symptoms are only felt by the individual and extremely hard to diagnose and WHEN if it diagnosed correctly often miss prescribed. Its a life long disease and that takes the will of strong individual to survive and support does not come easy.
I am a pharmacist who has worked in the mental ward of hospitals that face individuals who suffer from these diseases. Yes it varies from person to person but this movie does not portray it to the least.