Posted by SLS on January 27, 2006, at 13:59:17
In reply to Dont do it!!!!, posted by Daniela23 on January 27, 2006, at 8:44:17
> Shalom
Peace to you too, Daniela.
You are fortunate indeed that any psychobiological pathology you are afflicted with has gone into remission. Often, it is the natural course of affective disorders that they be episodic. Doctors and patients are sometimes fooled into thinking that what they did or did not do was responsible for any changes seen in the course of the illness.
I think it is unfair to generalize one's own experience with an illness to everyone else who suffers from it. When it comes to the brain, small biological differences between individuals can often present as profound differences in presentation and treatment response.
I believe it would have been more appropriate, and certainly more constructive, if you had simply reported your own experience with bipolar disorder rather than suggest to others that they have no better option than to choose the same course of action that you chose for yourself. Furthermore, I find it needlessly provocative that you use terms like "pop pills" to characterize those who don't follow your method of self-treatment or non-treatment. I question whether or not you really do respect "pill-poppers" the way that you claim to in that one sentence. It seems contradictory to the rest of your post.
Perhaps the rest of us are clueless, having been brainwashed by the multitude of malevolant capitalists that profit from our lack of intelligence. It is not intelligence that is lacking, but information. Besides your anecdotal self-report of witnessing your bipolar disorder going into remission without pharmacological intervention, what other corrobarative information do you wish to offer to dissuade people from taking medication for their mental illnesses?
- Scott
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