Posted by AprilA. on April 6, 2000, at 10:48:08
In reply to Re: Meds kick butt in comparison, posted by dove on April 6, 2000, at 9:40:22
> I have no intention of stomping on toes here, but there needs to be some clarification in regards to meds versus *other*. Why shouldn't every post be about meds? Humans have searched for an eternity to find the fix to their soul-wrenching pain and illness, every flavor, color and song has been dug up and digested. What has been utilized to cure these diseases: religion, meditation, cult-suicides, alcohol, sex, and the list goes on as far as the eye can see. Obviously, these are not the cure for all who search, as evidenced by their own destruction.
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Dove, you're not stepping on my toes. I wanted more information and personal experience about all therapies including medication, not instead of medicine. But anyone who looked at this medication saturated society would not see much difference would they? As a whole I mean not in specific cases. After all there are individual cases where religion magic etc do cure. Even in the Pharmaceutical studies there's usually a one third placebo response isn't there? And I wonder how many suicides die with antidepressants in there bloodstreams?
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> Treating mental illness, whether it's depression or OCD, with a scientific/medical model is fairly new in comparison to holistic/talk-therapy approaches. We have new break-throughs in treating mental illness, never before seen in history, and why should I ignore material and physical evidence? How many millions and millions of people have sought the "cure" and died miserable and broken, and long before any medical model for treatment was available.
> ---------------------------------------I wasn't suggesting that anyone ignore anything,just that people question everything.
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> I know that the meds we have currently are not the panacea to-end-all panaceas, and most likely they will never be. Never-the-less, they are the greatest improvement we have seen for the treatment of mental illness. I also recognize the danger inherent to psycho-effective meds, I have tasted their poison first hand, yet, they hold so much more promise than nothing at all!
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> Holistic approaches have been utilized for eternity and if they held so much power, why haven't they ended the battle? One approach will never fit everyone, nor do I believe that one approach (as in monotherapy of whatever flavor) will cure even one person's illness by its own conflagration. However, I do know that without the meds we would be right back where it started, and I for one, don't view that prospect with anything akin to fondness.
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Dove, I'm glad medicine is working for you. I think we agree more than disagree. I'm not trying to take anyone's medicines away! I guess I don't know who you mean by "we" would be right back where it(what?) started. I just want to opt out of the we and speak for myself.
Good wishes A.
poster:AprilA.
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