Posted by PoohBear on December 17, 2004, at 19:56:32
In reply to Re: Do you have a healthy attitude to drugs?, posted by passionsky on December 16, 2004, at 2:22:11
Jennifer:
Why feel guilty? If meds help improve your quality of life and give you a chance to se your kids grow up, what's wrong with that?
I'm personally getting off Effexor, not because it hasn't worked (it has), but because of an arrhythmia problem that my doctor and I think might be a side effect.
You brain is in it's most basic sense, simply another organ in your body. If your leg was broken, would it be 'weak' to try to get through life with a crooked, deformed leg because it was not 'right' to have it set and treated properly? Not all meds work for everybody, and there a certainly side effects, but it sounds like meds HAVE improved the quality of your life.
If your brain is chemically 'crooked and deformed', for whatever the reason, be it genetics, etc. try 'setting' your mind. The meds might be just the 'cast' you need for recovery.
Blessings!
Tony
> Hello, I'm new to the board but I have some questions. When I had my son I went into deep post-partum depression. At that time I was completely against medications. I was suicidal and extremely angry and clinically depressed. My fammily was very worried and called my doc adn I was resistent but started taking amitryptaline. It worked well but many side effects. Since then I have been on Prozac, (for seven years) Celexa and now Zoloft and 500 mgs of Depakote. I don't know if I am bi-polar (setting an appt with pdoc soon) but intense anger with depresstion adn the depakote is helping. I go to therapy 2x's a week. (I had an emotional breakdown in Oct)My mother attempted suicide about 4 times when I was growing up and yes I have had a lot of trauma (abuse).
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> Anyway my question is whats up with so many people on meds and I feel weak that I have to be on them. (Just a week ago I was contmeplating suicide myself.) I have attempted once. I feel better on ssri's but I feel weak. I know I have a lot to work on, trust issues, feeling oppressed etc. What did people before that were going through what I am going through? Does anybody know the percentage of Americans on meds? I believe because of the abuse I have been through in life my brain chemistry is abnormal but what did people do before all the meds, just deal with it, kill themselves, be miserable or what. I have discussed this with the therapist and she says its ok to feel good (I'm usually depressed or angry) and that yes I have a lot of work to do and the meds are there to help me through it. But I feel weak. Any comments, info would be appreciated.
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> Jennifer
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