Friends who have taken SSRI's have told me they do feel insulated from any unpleasantness while on them. I think if you are really depressed you should take them if you feel you need to and not endure some terrible suffering that you could avoid. All these pharmaceuticals are very bad for the environment having strange effects on fish and on up the food chain. I have had first hand reports from individuals who had their depression alieviated within two weeks with a double dose of Maharishi Ayurveda "Blissful Joy" tablets and using the aromatherapy. Also at www.amritaveda.com there are psychologically oriented formulas(shanti,viveka).
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > The only subjective reporting of relevance is that of SRRI users who > > have a serotonin deficiency. Do they feel tranquilized, stoned, > > anesthized, immune to "feelings", oblivious to life's ups and downs? > > No, they don't. > > > > Do they feel the rawness and inflexibility symptomatic of serotonin > > deficincy being allleviated? Yes they do. > > > > Do they feel more natural and "themsleves"? Yes they do. > > Many years ago, pre-TM, I experienced a clinical > depression. It took awhile for my therapist to > get around to prescribing an antidepressant, but > eventually I started taking imipramine (Tofranil). > It isn't an SSRI but it functions in a similar way, > increasing the accumulation of serotonin in the > brain by inhibiting enzymes that would otherwise > oxidize it. > > The only way I can describe my response is to say > that after about three weeks on the drug, I began > to feel more like myself (and that phrasing is the > one I've always used; it wasn't suggested by what > anonymousff says above). > > In another month, I was completely myself again, > stone-cold sober, having my normal feelings. When > I was depressed, I had been in an "altered" state > of consciousness, but one that was the opposite of > a "high." The drug simply got rid of that altered > state. > > In another few months I tapered off the drug (and > a little later quit talk therapy) and have not > suffered from depression since. (Starting TM a > year or so later may have helped prevent a relapse; > it's hard to say. My prognosis was that a relapse > was likely.) > > FWIW, I had several talk therapists, none of whom > was able to track down a psychological cause for > the depression. It appears to have been due to a > chemical imbalance, triggered by who-knows-what. > It's a mystery to me to this day. All I know is, > the drug took care of it. And I never for one > second felt "high" or tranquilized or insulated > from life's ups and downs. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
