Posted by SLS on May 25, 2001, at 17:10:43
In reply to Re: Moo. » Cam W., posted by JahL on May 25, 2001, at 14:30:58
> Of course no cure exists.
None that I know of. YET.
> By 'cure' I mean 100% remission. I have achieved this by pills alone in the past.
I know the feeling. Shit.
I doubt I'll get too involved here, and I do not favor one debater over another, but I must strenuously disagree with the notion that drugs work only on the symptoms (expression) of depression rather than on the underlying illness itself. I believe that it does work on the underlying pathophysiology of the illness, either directly or indirectly. I have found that one pill can make all of the many symptoms of depression (bipolar in my case), both psychological and physical, disappear all at once.
There may be a misunderstanding of semantics going on here. I consider a runny-nose as a "symptom" of a bacterial infection. I consider the infection as the illness itself. Decongestants treat the symptom. Antibiotics treat the illness.
2 cents? A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
:-)
- Scott
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