Posted by Emme on August 1, 2006, at 17:45:01
In reply to Re: Quality of life the answer, and what about dru, posted by nickguy on August 1, 2006, at 17:25:22
> I really don't think I could ever come to terms with this experience if I took a pill and everything was fine.
I can appreciate how you would feel that way. For me it would be the opposite. I would be very happy if I took a pill and everything was fine. (Actually, that's been close to true at different times when meds have worked well.) I would be quite pleased because the wellness would permit me to:
- concentrate well enough to work on establishing I career I will feel good about.
- feel normal emotions so that I could enjoy music and poetry and films.
- have enough energy and motivation to keep up with my friends
- have enough energy and focus to learn new things.Which isn't to say I'm not trying to do these things anyway. But there is a difference in my ability to engage in life when the meds are working. I believe that for some people, they are *the* tool that makes all the other tools usable.
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