Posted by Comet on March 1, 2006, at 20:23:14
In reply to Re: Yes, posted by linkadge on March 1, 2006, at 19:52:30
> No, its not as if I am making an effort to fake my mood. It is more along the lines of the fact that I had taken so many different innefective medications that I simply gave up on trying to express my true feelings in any acurate way.
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> So a doctors appointment would be reduced to the fastest way to try and get it over with.
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> It is a very common thing for family and friends of suicide victoms to report having absolutely no indication of what happened. Oftentimes friends claim that s/he showed no signs of such. That is an important thing to keep in mind.
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Do I think it's possible to not know what mental state a close friend or loved one is in? Absolutely, no question this is true. My only point is that it's also quite possible for a loved one or friend to notice improvement before the patient does herself. This seems obvious to me - but perhaps it's because I've seen this first hand.Also, you seem to be discouraged by your personal experience with trying various medications with poor results. I'm sure this is personally frustrating and even maddening to you. But that does not mean that the drugs are wholly ineffective for everyone. I've known longterm users of SSRIs who have done wonderfully on them. I've known others who've quit after experiencing side effects.
This is my second round myself. My first round was with Prozac, which I took when I was in a personal and professional rut that seemed endless and impossible to escape. After a couple of months of taking it, I had started to date the woman I would eventually marry and managed to start down a road towards a major career change after years of feeling stuck in my job. I quit the prozac becuase I didn't like the sexual side effects (after all, I had just met the woman I eventually marry). So in a way it was a failure because I quit - on the other hand my life is 1000X better today than it was the day I started prozac. Coincidence? Maybe. I sure as hell don't regret trying.
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