Posted by Aphrodite on August 13, 2006, at 14:20:56
In reply to Re: Is Kramer right? » laima, posted by Dinah on August 13, 2006, at 8:54:45
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> Maybe I haven't reached the optimistic part of the book yet.Hi Dinah, Remember me? I used to be on the Psych board but only lurk here now on the meds part. (I've mostly given up on therapy and am into seeking biological/alternative treatments.)
Anyway, I never post but just had to when I saw your comments. I just finished the book. Put it down. There is no optimistic part;) I read it to the end for that very reason -- looking for hope. My dismay came not so much from the brain comments (y'know, when he says he looks at depressed patients and sees their brains as abnormal like a cardiologist sees clogged arteries in a heart attack patient) but also from his dismissal of people who try to find meaning in their suffering. He means well and is making a much needed point, but all the coping skills I have involve thinking of my depression in terms of redemptive suffering. He pretty much blows that out of the water.
Still, the studies that show SSRI's grow new brain cells are hopeful: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3136613.stm
Take care.
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