Posted by bleauberry on December 6, 2010, at 19:18:05
In reply to Thoughts please.... Nardil + Xanax + more, posted by ace on December 5, 2010, at 23:36:02
> I truly want to be self-sufficient. By using Nardil I am using an external agent, and negating my own POSSIBLE capacity to overcome these afflictions. We all know here that their is NO evidence of a biological basis of depression.Ace, I hear ya loud and clear. We all want to overcome.
The above statement however, I absolutely do not accept the premise. There is a ton of evidence of biological depression. It's just that the causes of it are varied, and it is not within the norm of our medical system to be detectives at finding what is wrong. If it is cancer, sure. Depression, no.
Sad because it could be something as simple as a methylation issue, or a genetic defect that a couple supplements would bridge, an unsuspected chronic infection, a gut problem, a hormonal problem, a flawed detox problem.
I could go on for pages and pages sharing with you treatment resistant folks who completely remitted and got their lives back when the biological problem was fixed. The barrier that we all face however is that most of these biological problems are not the ones the psychiatrists or general practitioners vigilantly look for. It takes a creative MD with true passion for winning. It takes out-of-the-ordinary testing. The cure is usually not a psychiatric drug, but something else that would completely take the rest of us by surprise.
But the psychological part plays into it as well. Psychological factors do shape brain function. The biological and the psychological can both feed each other for the worse or the better, depending on how we attack the entire thing.
I don't know. Unless you are determined to do some deep detective work, spend some money, and try some challenge tests and try stuff just to see, and perhaps some counseling to deal with any psychological issues you are suspect of, it might be better to enjoy what you get with Nardil and go forward with it. To come off it with the plans of taking control yourself requires a well planned comprehensive strategy that covers a lot of bases.
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