Posted by SLS on October 1, 2006, at 8:13:46
In reply to Re: Returning to antidepressants? Above for » SLS, posted by jules354 on September 30, 2006, at 12:39:36
Understand, though, that many depressions result from an interaction between biological vulnerabilities to Major Depressive Disorder and psychosocial stresses produced by all sorts of things including maladaptive depressive thought styles. It can become very confusing when one has come to have a depressive thought style because it might exist during and between biological Major Depressive Disorder episodes. Therefore, the MDD episode just feels like the usual depressive thought style getting worse. "Why should I treat my usual psychological condition with drugs just because I'm having a tougher time with it right now?" You know?
That being said, it can happen that if you treat the psychological psychosocial stress well enough, you can reduce the pressure on the brain enough so that its function can improve. The question is, how long do you give it before intervening with biological treatments? Obviously, the answer will be different for each individual and each situation. Perhaps you can watch for a trend. What can you use as a measurement tool? I have one on my website you can try. It is really for use with drug treatment, but it might have some value to you:
http://home.att.net/~sl.schofield3/medicine/mood_chart_beam.pdf
- Scott
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