Posted by saint james on March 2, 2000, at 20:37:54
In reply to Re: Psychiatric Drugs in General, posted by deb on March 2, 2000, at 19:48:28
> James - please don't shut me out here, ok
James here....
OK, sorry, you came here for help...thats good. You seem to be a thoughtful person and I am letting other issues make me snappy toward you, again sorry.
It is just that EVERYTHING I read
points to biological origin for most mental illnesses. To me it is a no brainer. I admit there is no test individuals can take to prove
their brains are messed up (yet) but just because
you cannot prove something (or dis prove) does not mean it is true. My body does not lie to me.YOu can find meds that do not limit your feelings; I did. I take Effexor XR and Remeron and don't have any flattening of affect...i don't feel drugged. Keep on looking with the help of a good doc. Although I do not know you, generally I would say that someone who has had breakdowns and been in the hospital needs ongoing treatment.
I agree that some mental illness is purely psychological in nature, resulting from some tramatic event in life. However we now know that if people are in tramatic or stressful places for a long time they will exibit depression that has a biological cause. Also, AD's don't work at all
on normal people but do on the depressed and as there meds effect neuro chems is seems a slam dunk
to realize the biological basis for much of this. Many medical conditions do not have a test to prove you have a condition but people are Dx'ed with whatever condition.j
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