Posted by Jay on April 28, 2006, at 13:13:34
In reply to Functionally better vs. Actually better, posted by linkadge on April 27, 2006, at 16:22:00
> Does anyone ever feel that their medications are making them functionally better, Ie, they can go back to work etc, but that they do not actually feel better, or that they would never really report actually feeling much better?
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> I'm just wondering how common that is. I may need to return to some medications, but I am thinking that I cant really remember feeling all that much better on them.
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> LinkadgeYes Linkadge, I do remember being on a great combo of meds that not only made me 'functional', but I would say 'normally' content and happy. The reason I think many fail with a med or two, is because their doctors don't give them access to the most variety of combinations of drugs. Like, two a.p.'s..two a.d.'s...a mood stabalizer plus a benzo plus a stim...all of the above at once. As you know, the single or even double...or even TRIPLE monoamine uptake theory is really child's play. You want to hit the right number of various receptor sites, as far and wide as can do, then start to close down and use deductive logic. This also means the monoamine pathways in the brain get shifted around, reconditioned, in a safe but powerful way a single or dual med couldn't do. Add in vitamins, exersize, journaling, doing something creative, and you have a great success of what the combo of polypharmacy(mostly) and (helps maintain)non-drug treatments can do. I am living proof (knock on wood..heh..)..and I will take up the fight anyday with any psychiatrist about the issue. We just *don't* treat mental illness aggressively enough!
Jay
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