Posted by King Vultan on August 14, 2004, at 10:23:37
In reply to Re: My theory on the difficulty of withdrawl, posted by Johnny Doe on August 13, 2004, at 20:11:16
> So I suppose you are all implying that ALL people's psycological problems are ALL biochemical? That all functions of the conscious and unconscious mind are simply chemical equations that need to be "rearranged"? Perhaps some, if not many people, are born with an "improper chemical make-up". However, many people aren't properly raised with the right "personality make-up". In my belief, psycologist are far to quick to sell people on the "chemical imbalance" bullsh**, and people buy into it because it's cheaper and a hell of a lot easier than spending time and money with a therapist/friend/mentor/buddha to develop a secure,healthy, postive, etc outlook on life.
> This is just my opinion, and I must admit that there is a small possibility that this is just the medicine talking.
>
> John
Well, all I was doing was making a comment on the nature of withdrawal symptoms, which has little or nothing to do with the issue of whether depression is more psychological or biochemical. I actually agree with you, and I think far too many people are overmedicated and do not do enough work on the psychological aspects of their depression. I think many bipolar individuals do have some kind of fundamental biochemical imbalance that virtually demands medication, but I really don't think this is necessarily true for everyone who suffers from unipolar depression, even for someone like myself who has been been plagued with anhedonia and depression for over a decade. I believe there is certainly more I could be doing on a psychological level, and this is an area where I am continually trying to force myself to focus on in order to improve my outlook. I think that putting all one's hopes into just the drug aspect of treatment is probably not the optimum strategy for success.Todd
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