Posted by pellmell on September 19, 2001, at 12:58:17
In reply to Re: A Theory. - Comments? » Cam W., posted by pellmell on September 19, 2001, at 11:45:07
Cam,
Sorry. I should brush up on my reading comprehension skills. I just reread your post and realized that you're speaking of a *subgroup* of depressives, not all of us.
So yeah, what I said in my last post is probably irrelevant when talking about the people you defined.
I'll finish my thought anyway, though:
> Of course, it seems quite often life doesn't >feel right *on* them either...
...which leads to a see-sawing sort of nostalgia, where you feel awful and miss your medicated self when you're off the drugs, but want your "deeper"-feeling, more emotionally reactive self back when you're on them. Or some variation on this theme.Which of course, along with life circumstance, major depressive episodes, etc., leads you to cycle on and off drugs.
This is probably more applicable to those of us closer to the dysthymic end of the spectrum.
Thus concludes a true ramble.
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