Posted by Tomatheus on January 28, 2006, at 22:54:55
In reply to Re: Help!! Bipolar, off meds, losing it, posted by fenix on January 28, 2006, at 18:20:01
> They say it is a chemical balance thing. But really, that is bull
Really? How interesting. I've personally read hundreds of research articles that have provided strong evidence that depression, bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric illnesses are at least partially caused by genetically mediated biochemical abnormalities in some patients. And of course, the research articles I've read only make up a tiny fraction of all the research out there that supports the idea that various inborn biochemical abnormalities are involved in the development of psychiatric illnesses.
It's quite easy for someone who's completely ignorant of the research in the psychiatric literature to suggest that there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance. But for me to take a claim like yours seriously, I would need you to discredit each and every piece of research data that provides support for the idea that "chemical imbalances" do indeed exist.
But for discussion's sake, if you could discredit just a few findings from the psychiatric literature supporting the existence of genetically mediated biochemical imbalances in the brain, I will take your arguement somewhat seriously because at least you'd be able to convince me that you have some facts to back up your provocative ideas.
Tomatheus
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