Posted by bleauberry on December 31, 2009, at 11:26:42
In reply to Re: Why do meds stop working? » janejane, posted by SLS on December 31, 2009, at 6:49:03
To followup on janejane and SLS discussion, I think it deserves mention that psychiatric medications can, and sometimes do, completely ameliorate the symptoms of other diseases such as Lyme or amalgam illness and MS. A lady at a med review site with MS had all of her pains and fatigue disappear on Parnate, for example. Some doctors find Modafinil is the most common med they prescribe to help Lyme patients for energy and brain fog.
Depression in Lyme disease is treated the same way as any other kind of depression. Depression from amalgam illness, hormones, food intolerances, etc, are all treated with the same psych drugs. Sometimes very well, maybe I'm guessing 25% remissions, 50% improvements, my own rough estimates. If nothing else, they can lessen symptoms and make life more manageable. Maybe things can't always be restored 100%, but the potential to improve quality of life is real.
We never know how much permanent organic damage has been done, but psych drugs can still help quality of life.
Picture someone walking into a Las Vegas hotel, sitting down at the gambling table, and placing everything they own on one huge bet. I think that is the mistake that many psychiatric patients make. Disease is complicated and requires comprehensive strategies. Once in a while we see someone completely cured in days with the right magical meds. Those cases are far too rare to place big bets on.
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