Posted by laima on February 7, 2007, at 19:49:01
In reply to Re: holy mackeral laima! » laima, posted by Larry Hoover on February 7, 2007, at 12:53:56
Hi Larry,The phenomena is currently fascinating to me- I do wonder how common it is or isn't- if no one believes in it, or knows to look for it, they perhaps don't simply recognize it? It makes logical sense to me, that people could build up tolerance to so-called addictive substances, and enter chronic mini-withdrawal states. But I really of course don't know, and lack any bio/chem training to use in trying to figure it out technically.
>but what happened to us? How is it that continued use of stable doses met with such dramatic loss of drug effects? This was more than tolerance, methinks.
I would LOVE to know.
> > I shudder to think about possible consequences of my antidepressant use.
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> I hear you, but what might the consequence of never having used one be?Yes, I hear you too- but I originally started them as result of rather mundane adolescent crisis, which might better have been addressed by counseling. Regardless, I worry if they've changed my brain, if my brain is impaired from using them? Ie, why did prozac once work on it's own like magic, yet 20 years later, not only does IT not work, neither do most antidepressents I've tried since. Is my brain not the same? Well, not sure how to explain my unease, it's vague but gnawing. Mostly, I worry if I am more prone to depression, and less pharmaceutically receptive, than I would have been had I not started prozac so casually, so long ago- or if that notion just doesn't bear any validity. (?) Maybe not much point for me to worry about this particular question now though.
Whether you choose to resume your painkillers or not- like you say, a person has to do what they have to do. I do wonder if they might not be newly effective again after the break- but then you face the possibility later of a repeat of what already happened. So complicated, I don't envy your decision.
Warmest wishes,
Laima
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