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Re: What is an antidepressant?Any input please? » darkhorse

Posted by ed_uk on January 14, 2005, at 12:11:52

In reply to Re: What is an antidepressant?Any input please? » ed_uk, posted by darkhorse on January 14, 2005, at 5:39:40

Hello,

>Sorry for the long chat,and sorry for my bad english and spelling mistakes!

The long chat was fun! I didn't notice any mistakes!

>their therapeutic action is based on their potent effect at making people(any person for that matter) indifferent to everything.

Yes, I have thought that! I think NRIs like desipramine (let's ignore the inexplicable reboxetine) are much less destructive in their long term effects on a person's psychological state and personality.

>.....take a normal human reaction, and label it into a "disorder" and magnify it until it is a "chemical imbalance" and "mental illness".e.g. social anxiety "disorder",was never heared of before,and now it is a very common mental illness.

As you may know, I'm not the world's greatest fan of the DSM!

>people who feel very uncomfortable in social situations(me included),may need a drink or a benzo occasionally to smmoth things a bit or be more educated and trained how to deal with situations,but to be put indiffenetly on powerful medications such as Paxil in the belief of this chemical imbalance with few if any positive results,and if not,more and more medications....ughhh.

I think many people with severe social phobia do need medication. Paxil's not great though! It's generally dumb when doctors tell people that they've got a chemical imbalance!

Are you on Lexotanil at the moment? If you got severely depressed in the future would you choose imipramine?

Regards,
Ed.


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