Posted by SLS on September 17, 2006, at 23:22:08
In reply to Re: Tonight I don't feel that antidepressants work, posted by linkadge on September 17, 2006, at 16:42:02
> >Man, when I was responding to Parnate + >desipramine for those 9 months, my whole >conscious experience was altered. The world was
> >different. It felt different I operated >differently in it. My thoughts and feelings were >changed. My behavior changed. My interactions >with people changed. People reacted differently >towards me. It was a different life. My bowel >functions changed. My sense of taste changed. I >lost my clumsiness. I lost my ataxia while >walking. I regained by ability to read and >comprehend. I began to read newspapers, >magazines, and books for the first time in my >life. My eyesight improved. I no longer felt >cold all the time. My reaction time while >driving improved. I no longer experienced heart >palpitations. I no longer sighed on a regular >basis. I no longer craved carbohydrates and >overate. I no longer overslept. I became >productive and industrious; learning to do >electrical work, carpentry, and autobody, while >reading about the mechanics and history of >quantum physics.
>
> Thats what we call bipolar disorer.Yup. Drug-induced only.
The remission that I experienced for 6 months before entering hypomania was normothymic (euthymic). People who are unipolar and respond to antidepressants report similar experiences with similar words. They are also the words used by people who are not depressed to describe life. That's right. I was simply describing life. Many, many people have maintained their remissions for decades. How do I know? I have had close associations with doctors who have treated these people. These have included researchers at the NIMH. The drugs used included MAOIs. I have not heard of a tendency of them to poop-out so soon. That reputation lies solely with the SSRIs. However, all ADs have this potential. They just don't do it so often or so soon.
The options are:
1. Take them.
2. Don't take them.
The advantage to option #2 is that you can do something else.
- Scott
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