Posted by pulse on August 15, 2006, at 12:37:31
In reply to Re: Optimistic part » linkadge, posted by laima on August 15, 2006, at 10:39:26
true re: cocaine as an erengy wonder tonic. however, before that, we had morphine and the opium eaters touted ...and accepted as standard - do no harm - by many doctors for their patients. of course, we also had habituation set in for many, if not most.
now, we have bupe being used to treat depression.
are we, then, coming full circle?
i used to be such an advocate of psychotropic meds: ads, stabilizers, aps. now, i am fast becoming close to an anti-meds advocate. what the stabilzers, then the ads, did to my Gi tract is very scary. i feel for all those who have the same or other side-effects that, now, never go away.
i am in the camp that thinks the cortisol connection makes most sense, but i am extremely doubtful i will see meds based on that in my lifetime.
in gereral, it's scary when the docs, inventors, and researchers admit they don't really know for sure how any of our current meds work or why.
i'm not sure we are all that better off than freud's cocaine or the earlier morphine & opium. absinthe, anyone? i am NOT being facetious.
i apologize in advance if this possibly could have triggered anyone.
pulse
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