Jeff re: cathrine Re: Any tips for cutting down

[Guest guest]

Amen, .

Thea

Jeff re: cathrine Re: Any tips for cutting down

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> > As crummy as it sounds, folks lived with our disorders for years

> > before the advent of prozac (first SSRI).

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> Correction: Some folks lived with it, and some folks died from it.

> There has been a reduction in suicide worldwide since anti-

> depressants were introduced. And the countless others who lived with

> it suffered nearly intolerable misery for their entire lives.

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> I personally don't feel at all numbed emotionally on SSRIs, but I

> have heard this said before. All I can say is, if numbness seems

> worse to you than your depression/anxiety, then you're not depressed

> enough to need an SSRI. There was no question in my case. When I

> was in the depth of my depression, numbness would have been a

> moonlight cruise in the Caribbean compared to what I was going

> through.

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[Guest guest]

Taking this out of the psychological realm, maybe this will make things a

little clearer.

Would you tell someone who wears reading glasses, " Don't wear those glasses?

If you're blind, you're blind. "

I doubt anyone here would tell a person who functions as a 20/20 with

glasses to stomp on their glasses, suck it up, and just forget about

reading.

So why is there this big debate about antipsychotics, antidepressants? With

glasses, it's considered corrective. Why not consider Lex the same way?

On Lex, I still don't function as a 20/20, I'm still pretty fragile, but

it's the difference between total blindness and partial vision, you dig?

Thea

Jeff re: cathrine Re: Any tips for cutting down

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> > As crummy as it sounds, folks lived with our disorders for years

> > before the advent of prozac (first SSRI).

>

> Correction: Some folks lived with it, and some folks died from it.

> There has been a reduction in suicide worldwide since anti-

> depressants were introduced. And the countless others who lived with

> it suffered nearly intolerable misery for their entire lives.

>

> I personally don't feel at all numbed emotionally on SSRIs, but I

> have heard this said before. All I can say is, if numbness seems

> worse to you than your depression/anxiety, then you're not depressed

> enough to need an SSRI. There was no question in my case. When I

> was in the depth of my depression, numbness would have been a

> moonlight cruise in the Caribbean compared to what I was going

> through.

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[Guest guest]

> Perhaps we can't, but I liked the analogy. LOL

> Thea

;o) I do too and use it all the time while defending myself ;o) ?!

Right now I am just really trying to make sure that I know what is

what if you know what I mean ;o) ?!