Posted by linkadge on May 31, 2007, at 11:01:49
In reply to Re: Effexor and dopamine - cornfedboy » Lonely, posted by Flame on May 31, 2007, at 8:05:57
My mother was put on meds for bipolar. As the doses increased her ability to do anything decreased. She had to quit her job, and eventually did less and less. Now she just lies around all day, medicating every little problem.
Every time she pops a pill to solve a problem, a little piece of her will & ambition to be somebody dies.
Sometimes these meds "work" by creating emotional indifference to ones problems. You can't be anxious about something you don't care about.
For many people who take these drugs, this new state of indifference is more comfortable than where they were. It is not "recovery" by any strech of the imagination, it is just a more comfortable place, so they go along with it.
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