Posted by SLS on November 29, 2006, at 18:49:59
In reply to Re: It's Treatable. No, it's not., posted by linkadge on November 29, 2006, at 17:27:02
> So, I don't really understand how people have come to the conclusion that their depression is bioloical or nonbiological. Doesn't make sense to me.
Observation and deduction. It is particularly easy to identify the biological nature of depression if you are bipolar and have been an ultra rapid cycler with a regular cycle. This has been my experience. My cycle had a period of 11 days; 8 days of depression followed by 3 days approaching euthymia. This conclusion is further reinforced when drugs produce an antidepressant effect that is an experience dramatically different from that of the depressive state.
Perhaps you are having difficulties understanding things because you are using yourself as a model for all cases of depression. I find it very easy to identify my depression as being 100% biological. Despite this, I continue to pursue avenues of psychological self-improvement - just as anyone without a biological depression might. So, you see, I don't have an emotional attachment to one modality of therapeutics over another. However, I have come to know what's what for me. I am emotionally attached to the most accurate depiction of what I am suffering from so that I have a better chance of getting well.
Perhaps you are confusing unhappiness with clinical major depressive disorder. Perhaps you have a depressive thought style that needs to be addressed through psychotherapy rather than pharmacotherapy. I don't know. If you are not satisfied with drugs, perhaps you should look forward to trying an alternate modality of treatment if you haven't already. Even if you have tried psychotherapy, you might not have been matched up with the right person or the right therapeutic approach.
Since you can't tell what the etiology of your depression is, you might need to leave the door open to psychotherapy.
- Scott
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