Posted by ed_uk on December 27, 2004, at 7:42:16
In reply to Re: To Francesco, posted by francesco on December 27, 2004, at 6:18:57
Hi Francesco!
>My other point is that reading psychobabble, thinking about dopamine and serotonin, prozac and celexa, bring us to commit a 'biologicistical' bias. We are not able to see anymore that our happyness or sadness depends also on how our life goes, how we imagine our future, our relationships and so on. We are just like the freudian psycoanalists who see everywhere inconscious problems, and this doesn't want to mean that the biologic approach to mental illness is *false*. This just want to mean that it's not the whole thing, that our brain chemistry is influenced also by what we think about all day long !!!
I agree with you entirely. Although medications often have an important role, it's important not to forget about the other factors which can affect our mental health.
>Sorry if my english is weird, I have not yet taken my Anafranil pill ;-)
No, your English is very good. I doubt many people on p-babble can write in Italian! Actually, I was meaning to ask you yesterday if you lived in Italy!
> in Italy benzos are prescribed like candies. But we don't have stimulants : (
Are they still prescribed like candy? Which benzos are the most popular? How popular is bromazepam (Lexotan/Compendium)?
A least you've got Provigil! It's strange how stimulants are unavailable in many countries yet they are widely prescribed in the US. In the UK, prescribing stimulants to adults is somewhat taboo.
Regards,
Ed.
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