Posted by john berk on February 1, 2006, at 20:57:40
In reply to Re: interesting » john berk, posted by pseudoname on February 1, 2006, at 18:17:11
Hi, No
you didn't "bang on" atall, [i picked that phrase up from my friend in the u.k.,] lol, I enjoyed your response and your enthusiasim for the discussion. part of my problem at the moment is my pdoc kind of left me hanging, right in the middle of weaning off prozac, and i guess some of my distaste for the present forms of treatment are a result, plus i am a "seeker', i'm fascinated with buddist philosphy too.
i'm so happy you have found the right med to make your practice more enlightening!!i am reading at present "the power of now" by Eckhart Tolle, i recommend it highly, he beleives as long as the "ego" is running your life, you will never be happy, that the "ego" is a derived sense of self that needs to be defended and fed constantly,[i.e. possesions, money, education, special abilities]. i think that if we can somehow drop ego identification, we can know our true selves. so i think that is where i find myself questioning present thinking, but you are so right, we will always have underlying drives and motivations we will never be able to acknowledge!! [i've also spent many pesos on talk therapy, lol]
i'm sorry this post has gotten away from the subject of meds, i am still pro med, i know i will always be trying something, it is just the original post and link just drew my attention to the fact that something is "new" in the pursuit of mental health!! since this may be off the med site forum if you would like to babble mail me, please feel free, this is all quite interesting!!
i may be back on prozac for the time being until i sort things out, thanks for your insight..john [also thanks to everyone else who resonded].
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