Posted by bleauberry on January 27, 2010, at 18:49:54
In reply to Can medications stop 'unhelpful' thoughts??????, posted by jms600 on January 27, 2010, at 16:04:30
Lou might sound a bit "different" from the normal responses here, but honestly, he makes a great point.
That is, treating mental disease is more than pills. Who is behind mental diseases? Would it be God or would it be Satan? Where do those thoughts come from? Are they really yours?
We can't see electricity, but it's there. We can't see air, but it's there. We can't see magnetic fields, but they are there. We can't see the gravitational pull of the moon, but it's there. We can't see, feel, hear, taste, sense, or smell the millions of voices travelling all around us via cellphones. We can't see the radio waves, but they are there. But they are there. Some people immediately reject the idea of angels and evil spirits all around us, because we can't see them. Of course, the Bible says otherwise.
In terms of pills, I don't know what to suggest, except that the task at hand might entail weeding out the one or two current meds that are not doing the job and replacing them with different ones. A bad mistake, as I see it, would be to add yet another med on top of the existing ones.
This particular topic is a bit different than garden variety depression, and in my opinion deserves a more comprehensive approach.
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