Posted by Glydin on April 25, 2006, at 14:46:01
In reply to Re: Why are so many people down on Depakote? » Glydin, posted by Caedmon on April 25, 2006, at 8:04:21
> I agree. I have to say, I find this frustrating, personally, when the experiences of one person are generalized to other people. There will always be horror stories. I don't know, I guess it's probably human nature. Sort of a, "Hot stove burned me, so don't touch the hot stove," immediate conditioned response thing.~~~ Yep.
I think most folks have been around the psych neighborhood and realize that critical thinking for oneself with using as much as is possible or wanted for resource to make an informed decision. What does bother me is new folks or those who tend to be a little med phobic could take in all the negative and may miss out on something that could be of help without alot of pitfalls.
When I first arrived in the "search the 'net mode for psych advice" four years ago, I was into my third week of JUST beginning to do well on Klonopin. At that time, there were more folks posting who had problems with benzo's and I received more "gloom and doom" postings than those that were anywhere near positive. I understand that.... but it scared the beeeegeeebies out of me and I discontinued it. I decompensated quickly. I resumed and did well for several years. My status changed and I was able to recover utilizing another med. I'm lucky but I KNOW I'm not the only one having chemical enhancement success and contentment. It took me a while to understand how things worked but I did finally get it. I have a friend who is fond of saying: "There are few happy stories on the internet".
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