Posted by detroitpistons on April 10, 2006, at 15:38:52
In reply to Re: ADs have ruined me. whom else has been HURT by, posted by Doug_Saving_The_team on April 10, 2006, at 0:48:49
This might sound trite, but correlation does not imply causation.
That's a golden rule of statistics, which you must have taken if you're in business school.
I think you and I are similar in some respects. You are unshakeably locked onto the notion that the AD's are the source of your problems. You've got your mind made up, and nobody's going to change it...You don't seem to be giving any credence whatsoever to the possibility that the depression itself could have contributed to your woes. A few years ago, I could see myself being the exact same way. But now I've tried to become more open and flexible in my thinking and in my perceptions. It helps.
By the same token, I acknowledge that the depression may not be the only cause. Your cognitive functioning and motivation may be disrupted by a combination of both meds and depression. It's not black and white. There are shades of grey in all of this.
Take care,
Marc
> For starters, you have isolated several variables in this comparison: in high school, pre-AD I had near perfect grades. After ADs, they fell by a letter grade on average.
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