Posted by dj on June 7, 2000, at 14:06:45
In reply to DJ...some advice before your departure, posted by Katie on February 26, 2000, at 18:49:23
> Hmmm, me thinks DJ might benefit by seeing a good psychiatrist and taking some heavy-duty >psychotrophic medications.
I haven't been back for a visit since my last post on February 26, until yesterday, when I just did a quick scan of the latest postings to check for familiar names. Less and less of them...
I do appreciate the kinder comments that were posted after my flurry of wrap-up comments. The comment above from Katie is laughable and far off he mark. She might benefit from reading:
The Antidepressant Era by David Healy
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Editorial ReviewsFrom The New England Journal of Medicine ® May 14, 1998 The Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
Major depression is increasingly recognized as a worldwide cause of morbidity, mortality, and health expenditure. A study by the World Health Organization and Harvard University estimates that major depression is currently the fourth leading cause of disability worldwide.
An epidemiologic study of more than 40,000 people found consistent core symptoms and a youthful age at onset in 10 diverse countries. A committee of geneticists convened in 1997 by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) concluded that there was sufficient evidence of a genetic basis to support funding large-scale molecular studies of early-onset major depression.
Yet David Healy's scholarly and provocative review of the antidepressant era concludes that "the discovery of antidepressants has been the invention of and marketing of depression..."
For more check out Amazon.com...
I'm still drug free but not anti-drug. Only anti-excessive use of drugs, which has always been my stance, though yes sometimes the bit of heat I've applied has distracted from any light (insight) I had to share. For those of you who felt I was being grandiose, perhaps a bit but no more than many and perhaps more justifiably than some. Or perhaps not...
I'm doing very well, overall, however you cut it and owe that to a great family and friends, good nutrition, paying attention to the needs of my mind, body and soul and being skeptical about dogma and genuinely curious.
Anti-depressants have and had their place. It's not a permanent one for me, never has been and never will be because I think for myself and only wish the same to you all.
Sante!
DJ
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