Posted by linkadge on January 2, 2007, at 18:26:40
In reply to Re: Has anyone here had a remssion for long?, posted by mindevolution on January 2, 2007, at 17:20:04
>you can't cure it with drugs only get some >relief from symptoms while you get therapy.
I think that depends on the nature of the underlying problem. Thyroid problems for instance, are a biochemical cause of depression in some. For some of these people, thyroid can cure the problem.
>problem is some drugs cause physical brain >damage particularly the toxic ones like >antipsychotics, and you can't cure permanent >damage to your CNS.
I agree with that.
>so if you want a permanent cure to mental >illness, try no meds and therapy.
I've gone both ways. With or without meds. I wouldn't say that no meds and therapy have cured anything, but thats not to say it doesn't work for some.
>can someone tell me why psychiatrists are the >front line for treatment for mental illness >rather than psychologists?????? surely mental >illness can be cured with good therapy,
Thats not always true. I know people who have attended years of the best therapy money can buy, and can gain tremendous insight to the nature of their suffering, but are yet still completely unable to change the way they feel on a daily basis. Brain chemistry can profoundly affect mood just like it can affect movement, hence I would say that depression is no less a biochemical problem (for some) than parkinsons.
>but zap someone with ect or give them toxic >doses of antipsychotics and it doesn't matter >how much therapy they have after that, the >patient will never be able to recover fully!
I'd have to say I agree. Thought, just because our treatments are fairly crappy, doesn't detract from the fact that some people's mood disorders may be a result of some form of brain abnormality.
>or am i missing something?
I think that some people are prone to these types of illnesses. Just because they havn't found a cure doesn't mean there isn't one (for certain forms of depression)
Its just like depression in epilepsy. Some think that the epileptic dysfunction is the same dysfunction that mediates the mood disorder. As such, the depression is no less a brain abnormality than the seizures.
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