Posted by clint878 on March 10, 2007, at 18:52:39
In reply to Psychotropics harm *trigger*, posted by ralphrost on March 10, 2007, at 9:29:03
Of course these drugs "rewire" the brain. If nothing was "rewired," then there would be no clinical effect. Mind and matter are not two separate things in psychiatry.
And, interestingly, other things rewire the brain as well. For example, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is probably a re-wiring of the brain in response to a horrific event. People get picked on as a kid and have their brains rewired permanently. Heck, even reading this post and remembering it rewires your brain in some way.
Just because it's been wired one way doesn't mean you can't just re-wire it again. A lot of people here experience a considerable amount of anxiety, which makes things seem much worse than they actually are. Even if there is some sort of long-lasting change, I would bet the effect is relatively small and hardly noticeable.
I used to believe that my illness was preventing me from participating in life. Perhaps it's not participating in life that is causing the illness, instead.
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