Posted by Caedmon on April 25, 2006, at 8:04:21
In reply to Re: Why are so many people down on Depakote?, posted by Glydin on April 25, 2006, at 6:52:40
>> Everyone's experiences and opinions are usually based on their personal findings and most folks will "vent" about failures and misgivings rather than successes, so the view may appear a bit slanted.>>
I agree. I have to say, I find this frustrating, personally, when the experiences of one person are generalized to other people. There will always be horror stories. I don't know, I guess it's probably human nature. Sort of a, "Hot stove burned me, so don't touch the hot stove," immediate conditioned response thing.
An example: I take risperidone in cycles (usually about 4 weeks) for mania and sometimes for anxiety/depression. If I had simply gone off of what some of my inquiries about the med were, from internet postings, you'd think that Risperdal were nothing more than a great way to make me tired, stupid, fat, diabetic, dyskinetic, and certainly no better for the wear. Turns out, I respond well to it, and it works great for the purposes that I take it. It is an instance where I'm glad I ignored what others had to say. :D
- C
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