Posted by linkadge on June 3, 2003, at 20:49:39
In reply to Bekka, Re: MB - Stop blaming yourself, posted by McPac on June 2, 2003, at 22:45:26
I'd say there is possibly some correlation. But thats a natural human instinct isn't it. Your car was once the best in town and you felt proud of it. When somebody gets a better car, all of a sudden yours isn't so good. Has the car changed ? No.
We all must remember here, that the brain can only accept so much pleasure. In the future, antidepressants will not get much better, but they will be more reliable, work faster, and with better effects.Last year, after I recovered from Depression, I started to get really hedonistic about it all. Spending my entire day finding ways to improve my mood just a little bit more. To make a long story short, I ended up feeling better and better untill I went fully fledged manic and psychotic.
Is it in my genes ? Perhaps.A mind that is constantly and persistantly aroused cannot last. Glutimate will eventually start acting as a toxin and cause brain dammage.
Most people here, were so frightened by their initial episode of illness, that all the research they do, is a desparate attmempt to prevent it from happening again. That is natural for a human.
So the idea of our society looking for a constantly better mood is just not realistic.
Besides, recovery from depression is very similar in the brain, regardless of the treatment method.
This is why taking more antidepressant than you need really doesn't do much long term. Once I tested to see if 40 mg of Celexa was better than 20mg. At first it was, then it just made me very lethargic and unmotivated.
The point I am trying to make is that the
term "chemically imblanced" really does apply.SSRIs can cause a little bit of an ititial euphoria, but this quickly tapers off as the brain begins to fix itself.
We have to remember that mania, (the state that some people think that us drug users are seeking)
is just as destructive depression.
Linkadge
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