Posted by linkadge on November 9, 2004, at 11:50:22
In reply to Ramble On., posted by lostforwards on November 9, 2004, at 9:17:23
Well for me, the SSRI's gave me tremendous controll. In reality I was *not* going to become a concert pianist. Besides, even if I did, it would not be because I wanted to, but rather be because somebody else wanted me to. As well I didn't even take time to consider the tremendous stress it would entail.
When I started taking SSRI's, I became much more emotionally self sufficant (good/bad ??). Anyhow for the first time I said "screw what others want me to become, what do I want to do??" and I was satisfied with that. Actually, in terms of "free thinking" I think that SSRI's have done much more to promote "free thinking" than the dopaminergics ever could. Dopaminergics make doing repetitive, boring tasks seem interesting.
It is really difficult to sum up chemicals in terms of how they affect personality because they do different things in different parts of the brain. It is more about ballence. Yin/yang.
God, grant me a pill that will give me,
The strength to change the things you can,
the peace to accept the things you cannot change,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Best of Luck
Linkadge
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