Posted by Lindenblüte on October 26, 2006, at 13:54:44
Sometimes I get a little preachy when it comes to how scientific data should be responsibly interpreted.
I'm sorry. I forget that there are all kinds of people here, and not all of them have my educational experiences.
I wish that biomedical studies could PROVE things, sometimes. It would be nice if we could take away uncertainty. It would be nice if we could ask our doctors what we can expect in terms of recovery time and side effects.
I have only been taking psych drugs since May? and when I first started, I wanted to know things with certainty.
My search for knowledge is what led me to psycho-babble in the first place, and I remember my stress and disillusionment when I read about everyone's mixed experiences, complicated diagnoses and treatment plans that seemed to fail more often than they succeeded.
I don't want to take away anybody's dream of finding the drug or the therapy that will end their pain. I forgot that I was writing to people and not to a student or a colleague.
I submit as evidence the fact that I have pulled through a major depression that lasted some 4 months. My depressive symptoms are only sporadic, and my quality of life is pretty good nowadays. I give much credit to my medication, and also to psychotherapy. I have a long-term goal in psychotherapy too, that I wouldn't have even conceived of a few months ago- I want to learn to feel and express emotions in a healthy way, and also to put my traumatic childhood in a new context where I can feel some mastery over myself, instead of allowing myself to become a victim over and over again.
So, there's a happy story for psycho-babble. I think it's happy anyways.
I'm so sorry if I wrote something that challenges anyone's dream to feel better, live their lives more fully, or reclaim their minds.
yours,
-Li
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