Posted by linkadge on August 2, 2004, at 13:59:54
In reply to Re: Anafrail at a Therapeutic dose., posted by zeugma on August 2, 2004, at 5:58:42
Trying to achieve 100% freedom from any mental state is indeed impossible. Mental illness is not binary. Everybody gets a little down now and again. Everybody gets obsessive now and again. Many people even get a little paranoid from time to time.
Trying to eliminate a certain human condition 100% is impossible. OCD'rs are trying to achieve perfection in everything. It is very common for OCD'rs to obsess about their medications.
One would never say that because they've failed one type of medication that all will fail. In the same way, their are innumerous types of therapy and just because you failed one type does not mean all will fail.
When doctors say someone is in remission from depression, this means that 60% or more of their symptoms are handeled. I agree with panda that to be 100% free of obsessivness is not human, and it is literally distructive to expect this. This is where therapy fills in the blanks. What to do when medications fail, or don't meet our expectations.
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