Posted by shar on October 20, 2000, at 2:12:23
In reply to SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT US ALL, posted by GLYN on October 19, 2000, at 18:52:29
Glyn,
Welcome to Babble. I'm sure your insights will be appreciated, and pretty soon you may be an "expert" as well. I respond to posts and usually end up stepping in it again, and opening my big mouth and insulting someone, so I hope people are feeling generous.In terms of a big picture, the prime commonality, is that we all have some form of psych condition, and most of us are interested in alleviating its effects via medication, and/or therapy.
Many of us become involved in doing extensive research on meds, and asking questions, because we have had bad experiences or we find out our pdocs don't know much. (I have trouble with the description of "morbid fascination" -- If I had cancer or an immune disorder for which there were no hard and fast "cures" I would be hard at work learning as much as I could about that also.) Other people with more complex conditions to deal with, have to do a lot more work, and log more hours, than someone with depression alone. Maybe it's just me, but I'd want a hobby that's a lot more fun.
I agree that many people here are well educated (via institutions or self-learning) and articulate, and a pleasure to read.
As for the "alarming" number of "confessions" (I am feeling humor here, not being caustic) about doing illegal drugs, my guess would be that if we infer causation, many more people would be posting here. Probably (IMHO) the correlation is self-medicating the psych condition, especially if it occurred early in life.
Another commonality I see is the willingness of people to help each other. Not all people help with all problems presented, but I think there are very few posts on suicide, or bad med experiences that go unanswered. And, usually nobody hesitates to say "get thee to the ER" if something appears to be really wrong.
As for a cure, would that there was one! I am pretty sure I will be on meds for life. I am trying now to find a combo that will work. I may be looking for another combo in a year. The psych meds world is changing every day, with new meds, and new hope. So, if I don't stay on top of what is happening, I am at a real disadvantage.
Good luck to you! You didn't indicate your "condition", but good luck if you are looking for meds to help, and I think you will like this site.
Shar
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