Posted by SLS on May 28, 2006, at 8:48:15
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal - Publicity, posted by musky on May 27, 2006, at 23:41:25
> Wow this thread is getting more interesting by the moment!!
> you know if these damn drugs were ALL BANNED in the first place you would have alot of people much happier...
> People MUST wake up and take hold of themselves and not be screwed up by meds... our society is going way outa control here... When people say they have a mental illness, unless they were born with a brain deformity... (that's extreme) , I think alot of your mental illnesses are excuses to get tough with yourself and get WELL on your own,,,, NOT self pity yourself and give your self a life sentence of negative self talk like "poor me ... I have to take an a/d forever."
It is very possible that you never had the disorder that antidepressants were meant to treat.Perhaps the condition that you are treating is not a biologically-driven mental illness. If it is not, then you have the potential to change the way you feel by changing the way you think. However, when it comes to major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, this is often not the case. The operation of the brain in these conditions is abnormal. This has been demonstrated both functionally and structurally. These illnesses are serious, debilitating, and painful, and demand aggressive biological treatments.
I don't think it is in the best interest of society to deny effective treatments to those who suffer from an otherwise intractable illness.
- Scott
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