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Re: Correcting an Imbalance or getting high?

Posted by huxley on July 19, 2012, at 19:30:46

In reply to Re: Correcting an Imbalance or getting high?, posted by Phil on July 19, 2012, at 9:33:18

> > Which one are we doing?
> >
> > Are we correcting a biological problem, or are we just getting high?
> >
> > Are we healing depression? or are we entering drug induced states?
>
> I would hardly call psych drugs getting high. Acid is high..very high. Lamictal just doesn't give me that great of a buzz. Although you could obviously have fun resetting your dosages on dex or xanax or whatever.
> My doctors have never said, take this you'll be healed. When medication works well you return to 'your old self' before depression and it feels nothing like a 'drug induced state' which has a negative connotation, right?
> But it all depends on one's perspective at any given time.
> When meds work, you don't feel like you're on anything.
> None of this is easy and your questions are one's that we should always ask when trying something new. Mania on the other hand requires no drugs and I've never done a drug that can touch it. Pick your poison.

Not a negative connotation. Its just an interesting line that needs to be drawn by the industry.

We are not 'correcting an imbalance' and if we are we are doing it acidently.

We are infact changing our state with drugs. Not returning to our old state before drugs.



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