Posted by blueberry on December 4, 2006, at 19:08:43
In reply to Why your medicine may not help, posted by Vale on December 4, 2006, at 15:54:34
The strange thing though is that many people are helped a lot by their medicine. It's just that they are doing so well that they don't hang out at psychobabble. We get a slanted view of how the real world is. We think everyone is having troubles with their meds just because we are. About 10% of the workforce at my job are on meds and you would never know it. They are happy productive people.
I've experienced true deep dense depression caused by a devastating life circumstance. Therapy and time was good for ending that. I have also experienced true deep dense depression that just strikes like the flu. That kind of depression was not helped by therapy or time. Medications have sometimes been perfect, sometimes been fair, and sometimes been a disaster.
The human brain and genetics are way too complicated. There will never be a perfect cure for biologically caused depression. But in a majority of people medications make it possible for them to live nearly symptom free.
Just an opinion.
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