Posted by IsoM on February 5, 2002, at 1:16:40
In reply to Read an article: getting really pessimistic...., posted by Anna Laura on February 4, 2002, at 22:56:40
Anna Laura, I was wondering how you've been doing & was going to send you an e-mail checking.
Doesn't seem to matter how I try to connect to the page with the article you give but it won't open for me. I'll try later but will answer some anyway.
I do beleive that meds & therapy work together most times. Many can improve just on meds alone, a few on talk therapy alone, but still many need to combine both. I don't think therapy works without fixing the chemistry first. When a person feels better, then they're ready to take steps to correct their thinking.
Probably a lousy illustration, but no one would expect someone to exercise & strengthen a broken leg till it was set & mended. Then strengthening exercises would work to get the weak, unused muscles working again.
I know I refuse now to stop all meds. I gave it three honest tries & I slip back into depression. While it never seemed like full blown depression when I was younger, I've always had some symptoms as long as I remember, even as a child. No talk therapy would ever have helped there. I don't feel bad about myself even when I am depressed. I don't feel guilty or have low self-esteem, just extreme bleakness.
Did you ever get to France to pick up the adrafinil? I'm so glad I've got my supply again & it's started working nicely again (day 17). I expect to feel more as the next few weeks go by. Let me know how things are, if you wish to e-mail me. I do care.
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