Posted by linkadge on June 22, 2006, at 20:51:55
In reply to Re: SSRIs and this Board, posted by flmm on June 22, 2006, at 19:56:55
Thats the kind of opinion that a lot of treatment resistant people must face. "Oh, just stop complaining will ya?"
I think people are full well able to tell if a treatment works or not.
Sure it is easy, if a SSRI works for you, to think that it should work for everbody else but that is not true.
There are quite possably many different biochemcal issues that can present as the same cluster of symptoms. It is easy to take a working mind for granted.
I have seen SSRI apathy ruin good peoples lives. I know people (who when non depressed) had lives, and energy, and motivation, all to have that completely wiped out by the "treatment" of SSRI's. We're not talking about feeling a little dull. SSRI's apathy can transform a neurotic depression into one where a patient sleeps all day, and is pretty much indifferent about everything.
This is not just some backstage complaint, SSRI apathy, and amotivational syndrome are real. It is basically transforming one disabling illness into a different, but equally debilitating one.
Some people seem much more sensitive to this problem than others.Proper treatment for depression, is not just about getting the patient to stop complaining.
This thread, is not about getting high, nor is it about using opiates to escape, or feel good, it is about trying to sift through the accounts and evidences, to determine if fixed doses of opiates can help certain patients get better. There seem to be an increasing number of cases which suggest that it is possable in certain patients.
I understand how some people may think that this is impossable, but I would tell certain patients to not let this discourage them.
Linkadge
poster:linkadge
thread:651514
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060617/msgs/660305.html