Posted by musky on May 28, 2006, at 23:41:11
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal - Publicity, posted by SLS on May 28, 2006, at 8:48:15
> >When you say mental illness of a biological nature and that it has been proven stucturally and functionally,, by Whom??? has it been proven?? the DRug companies??? So many people are diagnosed with major depressive disorder and bipolar , and it seems its just a very common diagnosis...
That to me is not realistic,,,if so then that means the human population is getting sicker not better... IF these conditions are treatable by medications then how come so MANY people keep having problems... its obvious that the number of years that these drugs have been on the market and NOT One of them has been a cure... proves that this is not the way to go...
intervention yes... butit has been proven by proper testing that cognitive therapy does work with people with bipolar or major depressive disorder... NOT just minor depressive illness.
Why deny the people of at least TRYING another method to help themselves?? And this will stay with them forever not the drugs which just add to the stew...Musky
Wow this thread is getting more interesting by the moment!!
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> > you know if these damn drugs were ALL BANNED in the first place you would have alot of people much happier...
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> > 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."
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> It is very possible that you never had the disorder that antidepressants were meant to treat.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> - Scott
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