Posted by IsoM on December 11, 2001, at 16:03:49
In reply to Re: verrrry interrrresting...., posted by Bob on December 11, 2001, at 15:33:14
It does seem like we're stuck, doesn't it?
I've been on different antidepressants for 15 years now. Started with good ol' Impramine & kept progressing(?). I honestly think my head's been screwy with all my life & as I got older & faced various testing stresses, things just became more obvious. Just a few years ago in talking with my Mom, I found out that my father dusted our vegetable garden every summer from before I was born till after it was illegal to buy DDT. The build-up of DDT in the soil & in the plants must have had some effects on me. I know my two brothers are fruity as fruit cakes but totally ignore their symptoms.
I've read about the effects DDT & other endocrine disruptors have on a person & wonder if many of my problems aren't related to that & my genetic disposition. Doctors have always been so surprised att how my reflexes work. When they tap my knee, I practically kick them in the "balls". One doctor said I had the most hyper reflex reactions he's ever seen.
And like a good Mom, I nursed my three sons for a long time & of course, passed the DDT in my body to theirs through the fat in my milk. My three sons all have problems too they're struggling to deal with..
Well, at least my thinking mind works well. I just look at my strengths & gain the insight to overlook other's weaknesses & look for their strengths too. In reading a post on the Social Pyscho-Babble & listening to fellow co-workers, it's so sad how little people will talk about other's strengths. They seem too focused on weaknesses. I try to do my small bit of good by bringing out the good points of others. I'll acknowledge they have weaknesses but try to encourage others by highlighting good points. It's so stupid that even if people think someone has good points, they don't talk about that but will gossip about their weaknesses instead.
I better stop before Dr. Bob switches this over to the other forum.
> I think scenarios such as the ones you and I describe are being played out all over the country everyday. I don't think people want to believe it when you tell them. I too spent a LOT of time in bed when I came off Effexor. I was worse physically than I'd ever been in my life.
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> It's not surprising to me that you think it has permanently changed you. I have often had this feeling with every major drug I've tried: Anafranil, Effexor, Depakote/Welbutrin, and Topomax. Especially Topomax. I'm still waiting for the day they find out these things effect extremely long term (almost permanent) changes in certain portions of the population. I won't be suprised if studies start showing up like that one day. My theory is that these drugs are especially effective for reasonably healthy people who experience exogenously generated depression and get it treated quickly. Endogenous cases are much more complicated since the underlying biology was not right to begin with. For a person like this, the destabilization of withdrawing from these drugs is quite destructive. Even if it doesn't last forever... how many people can get through it without additional pharmacological help? It's worse than many cases of depression themselves.
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> Once again, though, many cannot survive without the meds, so it seems like we're pretty much stuck.
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