Posted by Ima on August 14, 2003, at 14:29:13
In reply to Re: Bunk or Theories on Meds? » Ima, posted by KimberlyDi on August 14, 2003, at 11:42:59
Hi KimberlyDi,
> Sure, I would love to take pain meds to medicate my inner pain and be happy and smiling and numb.Isnt feeling good the point?
There are people who feel not like themselves (ie.. emotional) and feel Painfree (ie..numb) when they take AD's. Ive interviewed many people first hand who prefer their real selves(ie..panic and all) to their AD selves (unable to focus or numb to their emotional pain). One woman who went off AD's said after two weeks she could cry agian and felt relieved to feel again.If only the doctors would understand that I could easily lose weight if I could only take Meth/crank. But for some reason the darn stuff is illegal.
Taking any narcotic in a method that is not PERSCRIBED is a sign of addiction.
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> The great thing about AD's is that, when you get the right one for you, it WORKS. You are normal again, the way you were before your wires got crossed.Your assumption here is that being in metal pain is equal to having crossed wires. I had a friend who couldnt sleep the week before finals (a normal response) and her prof. recomended she take ADs.
The sleeplessness went away after she got her grades. But she was on the ADS for 3 years. Shes off now and will never go back. Her pdoc said she would never be able to get thru college. That was 4 years ago and she is working on her phd. now.
> I don't get why you post on psycho-babble that we are all taking Anti-Depressants because of a theory. Were you implying that we are all wrong and need to take opiates instead?Im looking for honest and even handed representations by people who have had similar concerns and worked through them.
Opiates are for phyiscal pain. It just so happens that once you are acclamated to taking them (titrated to the nec. dose) you dont feel "high". I feel like "my self" my old self, I can drive a car, I can sit at this blasted computer, I can ride a bike with my kids. (I cant sit for more than 20 min. at a time with out pain). It has been an additional benifit that My mood swings have evened out. My frustration is the stigma associated with opiates that makes them an unaceptable (though obviously safe, maybe safer than ADS) choice for treatment of depression. Finding a doctor to see that or perscribe them for depression is really impossible.
"AD's are bunk" is YOUR theory. I'm going to keep my faith in my p-doc.
Faith in your self is more important, and you are misquoting me. Chemical imbalance is a theory that has not been proven. Many people may be helped by ADS. What scares me is their handed out like candy for everything. I have a healthy suspicion that an industry that stands to reap such monetary gain and lacks real accountability is self serving at best and would be hard to get (as Ive experienced first hand) honest answers from.
I was hoping for serious exchange from those who (as I said prior) have had doubts and worked through them. Maybe this boat cant take the rocking?
If I have further exhausted my diminishing options I will be disheartened.
Peace
Ima
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