Posted by bleauberry on April 23, 2018, at 11:58:31
In reply to Re: Sertraline is making me 'numb' and indifferent. » bleauberry, posted by SLS on April 21, 2018, at 10:59:14
I would just say that at the address where I live, a cure surely was found. That same cure is available to anyone else willing to grasp it and take a look. I don't understand why people ignore success stories right in front of them, but speculate on the unseen future instead. Life is too short. We are supposed to be doing more than waiting and watching. imo
I would also add that in terms of psychiatric symptoms, other doctors besides psychiatrists are restoring wellness to patients' lives in ways that the psychiatrists are not. I don't mean that in a bad way for psychiatrists. It's not their fault. The system is at fault. They are merely pawns in a flawed system that looks to profits and funding and staying out of courtrooms, more than actual cures. Other priorities and biases get in the way of actual cures.
Cure for treatment resistance depression with bipolar with schizoaffective is here today. It already exists. But only to those who want it. As my doctor told me, many will either refuse or resist - most people just want a simple answer and a prescription that works.
Having to work at getting better, having to leave your comfort zone, having to explore new territory, study new ideas, or even as simple as copying what other successful doctors are doing - none of this is acceptable to most patients. They just want white coat labs somewhere to figure out some magic, and for some new pill to hit the market that does miracles.
Meanwhile, cures happen every day to those who seek them. We can't really do that when we limit our universe of potential cures.We can't really do that when we say the only cures possible have to have something to do with mono-amines. We can't really do that when we insist that depression is low serotonin or low dopamine or a down regulated this or that, or whatever. That is way too limited of a way to look at the human body and disease. But that is just my opinion.
I can think that if we could take 10 people from psychobabble and send them to an acupuncture expert, that at least one of the babblers would experience an amazing response. They would be dumbfounded. They would not be able to explain. But 1 out of 10, I think that is likely to happen. Pure guess. It would totally not fit their preconceived ideas of sodium channels or regulation or whatever. We could do the same thing with a handful of herbs and another babbler would respond amazing. But none of the herbs were known for treating depression. And of course the Lyme thing. I just think most of us operate in too much of a limited world view and it hurts us.
> > I happen to disagree with the low-serotonin theory that the entire industry seems to have adopted as fact.
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> I disagree with your premise. The world of neuroscience has gotten way past the serotonin theory of depression. I've had my hand on the pulse of discovery - if for no other reason but to find a cure for bipolar disorder and depression. A cure will surely be found, but I'll take remission any way I can get it. As much as you feel that I am uneducated regarding tick-borne psychiatric syndromes, I see your characterization of the entire industry to be archaic.
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