The Auto Accident That Never Was By Judith Rapoport

Psychopharmaceutical medications is a form of drug treatment used in order to invoke a change on the mental state of the user. This form of treatment is widely used in the world of mental health in order to alleviate patients of the symptoms of the mental illness which they are suffering from. Individuals understand psychiatric medications as a form of help that they receive from their physician in order to “normalize” their lives. Often people suffering from mental illness find it hard to concentrate, keep stable relationships, maintain their personality, maintain their energy levels, etc. Psychiatric medication treatment can reduce such symptoms causing issues in their daily practices and increase a person’s ability to pursue their interests,

Thus, certain physicians may be more inclined to prescribe psychopharmaceuticals rather that other treatments such as psychoanalysis, it is very dependent of the physician and their belief of the best course of action. In the personal account “The Auto Accident That Never Was” by Judith Rapoport, the narrator by the end was ecstatic when he realized that a psychopharmaceutical called Imipramine was working to help alleviate the symptoms of his OCD. This shows that individuals suffering from mental illness, who are seeking treatment are ultimately looking for anything that will help alleviate some of the symptoms of their mental illness which are causing dysfunction in their

The horrendous illness fled to the recesses of my mind.” This shows that although Judith was not completely rid of the symptoms of his OCD, the minimal affect that the imipramine had on his body was beneficial enough cause some positive change in his life.In the personal account “An Unwelcome Career” by David A. Karp, David, the narrator suffers from depression and used a variety of different psychopharmaceuticals in order to find a drug which helps him with some of his symptoms. He lists that he experimented with; “a bewildering array of medications over the course of the next few years—Anafranil, trazodone, Halocion, lithium, Surmontil, Serax, Xanax, and the list goes one.” He felt that these drugs each had a different side effect of their own which “separated him”, yet he continued to take them as he “thought [they] allowed [him] to live life somewhat more easily than in the past.” He fortunately ended up discovering that doxeplin was of the most benefit to alleviating his symptoms. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to either find a psychopharmaceautical that best helps them or find that other courses of treatment work