Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 375920

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drug cocktails

Posted by Darryl Sanford on August 10, 2004, at 7:25:08

An article in the Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2004, "Drug Cocktails Hit Psychiatry," contains an interesting quote:

"Dr. Keitner, who directs the inpatient mood-disorder clinic at Rhode Island Hospital, also worried that patients are getting the false hope the some magic combination of drugs will cure them . . . It may be better, Dr. Keitner says, to teach pateients how to manage their conditions and emphasize continuing therapy."

I'm wondering whether anyone here has successfully switched away from a multi-drug regimen and found it was better for them.

Darryl

I hate that word manage

Posted by linkadge on August 10, 2004, at 8:41:25

In reply to drug cocktails, posted by Darryl Sanford on August 10, 2004, at 7:25:08

I hate when people ask, "are you managing ????"
I don't want to just "manage" my life. I want a life that I can enjoy. If all I am doing is just scraping by, then there's not much point to living.

It seems to be a strong divide in thinking. One group says we just want you functioning, and the other group says we want you feeling *great*.

Linkadge

Re: I hate that word manage, me to!

Posted by TheOutsider on August 10, 2004, at 11:52:54

In reply to I hate that word manage, posted by linkadge on August 10, 2004, at 8:41:25

The attitude I've encountered in the NHS seems to be that if your "managing" i.e not sucidel then your doing okay and don't realy need treatment.

On the other hand perhapse its unreasonable of me to want to do more than this?

Re: I hate that word manage, me to!

Posted by linkadge on August 10, 2004, at 13:23:05

In reply to Re: I hate that word manage, me to!, posted by TheOutsider on August 10, 2004, at 11:52:54

For me this is a resipe for relapse. If you can get to a point where you feel good enough to fully embrace both the pleasures and the responsibilities of life then you are likely to stay well for longer.

Just getting by is what most depressed people had been doing for the years leading up to their episode.

Linkadge

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