jimmy jamesThe Medication Maze (LINK)
June 3rd 2008 05:53
Medications can be a touchy subject.There is always the risk of side effects that seem to make you wonder if you really feel bad enough to go through the painful period of starting a new med,getting used to it,then realizing it isn't right for you,so you have to come off of it.Then you are prescribed another medication and you have to go through all that again.That's at least 8 weeks of pure volcanic hell.After a while you get to feel as though you got hit upside the head with a sledge hammer.I like to use the anology of a boxer getting knocked to his knees,then as he gains his balance and attempts to fight again,he is hit again.It is just like being on a therapeutic dose and having another attack of the depression so what happens? The medication level gets raised and you get knocked to your knees again.
Some medications seem to increase the depressive symptoms.it is difficult to determine if it is in fact,the depression. Or is it the medication?.
One of the ways to deal with this game is to make sure that you really need to be on
meds. The theory that depression usually starts because of some event.A loss of a loved one,loss of job,family,home.This can be looked at in some cases .For some, the depression has been there for a long time.It can change over time, it either gets better or worse or stays dormant.This is where you have to look deep down and see if you can work through it.The medications are so powerful,they can turn your life upside down.And if you have responsibilities that have to be met,they can make even the most simple tasks seem huge.
There are all kinds of meds that work on certain transmitters of the brain.There are different
parts of the brain that these meds are supposed to target.To be honest,it makes my head spin.All that we know is how we feel.Explaing about how or why or where these medications work does nothing.It can be a crap shoot.The field of psychiatry is complex and there are so many factors to take into consideration.Most doctors want to help but it might feel as though we are "rats" in an experiment.
In those times of darkness,when you don't know which way is up,think hard about what is going to make you feel better.The pain of the depression might not be as bad as the side effects,and that feeling of doing "The Thorazine Shuffle" all over again.
Some medications seem to increase the depressive symptoms.it is difficult to determine if it is in fact,the depression. Or is it the medication?.
One of the ways to deal with this game is to make sure that you really need to be on
meds. The theory that depression usually starts because of some event.A loss of a loved one,loss of job,family,home.This can be looked at in some cases .For some, the depression has been there for a long time.It can change over time, it either gets better or worse or stays dormant.This is where you have to look deep down and see if you can work through it.The medications are so powerful,they can turn your life upside down.And if you have responsibilities that have to be met,they can make even the most simple tasks seem huge.
parts of the brain that these meds are supposed to target.To be honest,it makes my head spin.All that we know is how we feel.Explaing about how or why or where these medications work does nothing.It can be a crap shoot.The field of psychiatry is complex and there are so many factors to take into consideration.Most doctors want to help but it might feel as though we are "rats" in an experiment.
In those times of darkness,when you don't know which way is up,think hard about what is going to make you feel better.The pain of the depression might not be as bad as the side effects,and that feeling of doing "The Thorazine Shuffle" all over again.
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