Posted by linkadge on December 2, 2002, at 7:19:27
In reply to Receptor/brain damage?, posted by Suzi on December 2, 2002, at 5:30:48
I invite you to read some of the above posts on this topic. In general these drugs go through rigorous testing to see for their potential to dammage the brain. In general they do not induce irreversable changes.
The best analogy I can give is the following.
You need glasses and so your eyes strain and strain to see what others see clearly. Finally you get the right prescription. After this your eyes don't need to work as hard, and begin to adjust to the glasses. After you take the glasses off, you see worse than you did without them because your eyes are not working as hard as they did before getting the glasses.It is the same with the brain, it ajusts to a medication. When you were depressesed, you probably had a million and a half little coping mechanizms, or sayings to keep you going. After you take the med that works, you don't need these and drop these things. Many people who go off their meds mistake this as brain dammage.
They feel worse than they began the meds - this is true.Now if you gave it enough time - without the meds and without glasses, your brain/eyes would return its/their prior state of overwork.
The brain has incredable placticity. But it can only go so far.
Linkadge
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