Posted by Squiggles on February 20, 2007, at 7:18:59
In reply to Re: Why Most New Antidepressants Are Ineffective, posted by FredPotter on February 19, 2007, at 22:23:50
I was having a discussion with a friend
yesterday. He does not take antidepressants
but does take medication for cardiovascular
disease. Like psychiatric patients though,
he is constantly complaining about the side
effects and the many things he used to be
able to do and cannot anymore.And it occurred to me, that many people
who have been stabilized on anti-depressants
and hate the side effects, as much or more than
their families, their employers, and friends do,
*actually* expect to be better than well.But when you look at the hospital situations
50, 60, 100 and more years ago, you realize
that such people rarely lived a life outside
the confines of an asylum or cloister or some
sort, and had very seriously debilitating treatments.So, i asked myself, if possibly we are not
expecting too much. If possibly, our culture
has excluded the possibility of toleration for the sick and the effects of their medication. For example, if you gain weight, or get sleepy, or develop diabetes, or whatever from drugs that you MUST take, you and your doctor will be hounded into the 7th circle of medical hell.So, I say, chill, until something better comes up. If the drugs made you feel perfect, it is unlikely that there would be so much activism, and wars against the drugs. (That doesn't mean that corruption and stupidity are not with us in the drug corps. and medical field)-- those diseases are with us forever.
Squiggles
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