Posted by Bob on September 21, 2008, at 11:55:33
In reply to Re: Brief immediate responses to meds?? - Advice P, posted by Fra Angelico on September 21, 2008, at 4:32:13
> My theory is this: that the body is in a constant state of normalization and of attempting to restore the status quo. As with self-repair - healing - after a traumatic injury, there is a cogntive 'map' of some kind which tells the body just how it should be restored for normalcy and the status quo to be restored.
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> New medications may at first disturb the (depressive) status quo, allowing for the development of positive affect and well-being, but the normalization process perceives this change as an injury, and starts to restore or repair it, so reverting to the previous depressive state.
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> I have myself experienced wonderful - but very temporary - benefits from moclobemide - which quickly faded back into the status quo of dead-end dysthymia, and am now - sadly - experiencing the same thing again with phenelzine/"Nardil".
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> It is harder to see the good affect and liveliness go, than never to have experienced it at all.
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>How does this account for people who do respond to meds for years and years? My mother has been on the same SSRI for like 8 years and she's doing ok. I, on the other hand, get maybe a few hours response to a med, and can barely tolerate pharmaceuticals any longer.
- Bob
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