Posted by minimal on April 9, 2006, at 0:57:45
In reply to Re: There are plenty of successful people on ADs, posted by JaclinHyde on April 9, 2006, at 0:42:31
Funny thing: my situation is exactly the opposite. I look back on my undergrad days and my severe major depressive disorder and wish I would have had the insight to take medication and seek therapy then. I sometimes feel that I wasted my college years with severe depression. Since I graduated, I have sought therapy and medicine, helping me to reach my full potential and the upper echelons of apprenticeship for my profession. SSRI's (while they come with major side effects that I constantly struggle with) have given me the ability to function and perform at an optimal level. And believe me, I am not apologist for the meds. I wish there was a better option and I am always in search of one. I do not doubt your experience with the meds, but I want to state for any third parties that this experience is the opposite of my own. Off medicine, for me, it is depression that zaps motivation and even a will to exist: depression is the overwhelming preoccupation. The medication gives me the ability to preoccupy myself with academic work or a job that otherwise would be impossible. It does not come without its side effects but at least I am here.
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