Posted by rose45 on June 12, 2015, at 16:26:21
In reply to Re: Stop Almost All Psych Meds to Prevent Harm. » rose45, posted by SLS on June 12, 2015, at 11:47:54
> > I can only speak for myself, but MAOIs have saved my life. I become totally suicidal when I am off drugs. MAOIs give me the chance to lead a more or less normal life. I become a totally different person.
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> > I have no idea whether they are causing some form of harm that I am not aware of. They are not a cure, because I have to be on them for the rest of my life. But I have severe depression, and they make a 100% difference.
> > Without them I would have committed suicide years ago, because the pain of my depression is unbearable.
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> > It is possible that many people are put on anti depressants when they dont really need them, and it may be the medication doesnt really help them.
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> > You cant lump everyone into the same box. People should find out for themselves.
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> Very well said.
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> It is unfortunate that there is a sizable proportion of severely depressed people who have yet to find an effective treatment. Most of the people posting on this forum are members of this treatment-resistant group. Treatment failures here outnumber treatment successes by such a large margin, that it would seem that psychotropic drugs don't work at all.
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> I envy you. I wish for you continued health.
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> - ScottScott,
I feel so bad for people who cannot be helped. I know what a living hell depression is and I truly wish I could do something to help others. I often think I was extremely lucky to have been put on nardil as a first choice in hospital when I became severely ill. I had suffered depression all my life until then, but was very anti- medication, so I just suffered and refused to take anything, even for sleep. But then, it became so bad, that I didnt recognise it as depression any more. It became something entirely different, and I had no choice but to take medication.
I dont know whether I was saved by the fact that I only started taking meds late in life, and resisted taking anything for many years. I really dont understand much about it, except that I do feel lucky that at least the maois work for me. Its not a 100% cure, but at least I dont have to be in constant mental pain.
I pray that researchers will come up with something soon. They seem to be beating cancer and so many other illnesses, its time they got to the root of mental illness.
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