Posted by laima on December 5, 2006, at 13:39:42
In reply to Re: Why your medicine may not help » laima, posted by SLS on December 5, 2006, at 12:08:47
Oh definately- yes, depression or other mood disorder can cloud clear thinking and perception, just as much as a pollyannaish view can. But I'm still sure there is a middle ground which preserves both good judgement and healthy mood. How to get there...
Efforts x and y didn't work out, therefore I logically deduce that statistically speaking, z likely won't either. Besides, my biological setpoint is low, and medications are not better than placebos. Studies show z doesn't work any better, and probably causes irreversable brain damage. And everyone knows placebos are a trick anyway-I'm too sophisticated and knowlegeable to fall for the simple tricks of megadrugcorporations or anyone else.
(Here my guess is I stay miserable, become increasingly ironic and jaded.)Efforts x and y didn't work out, yet I deduce z may be quite different because of abc. It's worth a good try- it could work-it might not- but there are good reasons to believe it'll work. It's not easy, but keep trying. We're narrowing down the best therapy for me to be z, which has worked for a lot of other people who got no relief from x and y. Megadrugcorporation? Can be shady, but there are all kinds of people working there, and some of them really do care that their product is genuinely helpful to someone- like me.
(Here my guess is I have a good likelihood to sprout hopes, feel better.)Or, efforts x and y didn't work out, yet I deduce z is just different, it's THE answer!!! Finally!!!
(Here my guess is I might be right- or I might set myself up for a major disillusionment.)Can I just feel optimistic about z and have it work out?
Effexor I couldn't tolerate, wellbutrin konked out. I think I was cognitively fuzzy and "slow" when I used lamictal, and it didn't help my mood, either. Emsam helps, modestly, but ok in conjunction with other efforts, which I haven't really gone through yet. I've never tried parnate- I do actually think it sounds quite different from what I've already tried- I'm sort of ready to just decide something works.
I sort of remember my doctor describing medications as "tools" which can provide a "valuable window of opportunity". I can't remember the exact quote, but when I think about it, the idea is interesting. I think it's a hopeful and useful middle-of-the-road sort of position, even if the medications don't ultimately work out in and of themselves, by themselves.
In a way, I think part of what this thread digs up is the 'ole nature/nurture debate. I think a lot- if not most- scholars are taking a more open and blended, blurry position of it these days than they used to. Ie, genes count a lot; they are not the whole story. Conditioning counts a lot; it is not the whole story. Conditioning may end up reflected in the gene pool, etc. We're stuck with our genes, but the conditioning, (which counts a lot), can be manipulated. And medication, I presume, can help manipulate- on an individual basis- what the genetic lottery dealt.
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