Posted by Ian on September 11, 1999, at 20:20:41
In reply to Re: anafranil-choices, posted by jamie on September 11, 1999, at 19:03:17
I don't think I have experienced the true depression that you people must do. The most miserable I have ever been was when I was thirteen and I knew what I wasn't happy about. I look at this site and wonder whether my own reference points are correct. I feel intuitively uneasy about psychiatry due to my own experience and I feel cycles of mental illness are often created by the pharmaceutical suppresion of problems not initially addressed, after a few cycles any origins are lost in the haze and then the mental illness becomes the very real solo entity with DSM classification to match. Some people yes I think are prone to depression, I realy think its more of a capacity to feel rather than the reason for a depression. Having said all that organic causes exist hypothyroidism, head injury, encephalitis that can make people depressed. This board is probably not the right place for me to carry on but for a short while it has been good to see some other perspectives. Cognition and emotion are inextricably linked I'm afraid I still think the former drives the latter most of the time where as psychiatry presumes it works the other way around. I hope you find a system that works for you and I'll carry on for my search in pastures new.
Ian
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