Does anyone know the medical facts behind what these drugs do? I've been curious to know what imbalance these drugs put back in balance.
-----Original Message----- From: William Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: FW: RE: [QUAD-L] i'm so depressed i could throw up As I have grown older depression seems to descend on me more frequently. Two years ago my father died and I couldn't go through the day without two or three cryings jags. My doc finally gave me zoloft and it has helped tremendously. I believe in getting help anywhere I can find it. >From: "Stuntman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Ol' Man River" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Approval Department ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] >Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] i'm so depressed i could throw up >Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:37:18 -0500 > >Some people need help out of their mental state. >A comforting word is too much to ask? >While I can take almost anything thrown at ME, I realize there are lots >of people who can't. >Some of us have been tempered by conditioning which took place before >our disability, others are not as lucky. >Clincaly there are 3 major souces (causes) of depression, Medical >(chemical or hormonal), Physcological, and despair. >Only despair can be influenced by friends and the lack of them >(imagined or real) can be devastating. >Sometimes listening can be all the medicine required. >(that's what shrinks do) >Stunt > > > > > "Trust me, none of us on this list are so underprivileged as to have >any real issues to be depressed over for an extended period of time." > > > > that's your diagnostic phrase that is incredibly shallow. it's like >you think you know everyone's situation and on top of that, you write >off depression as a non-real ailment. or at least that no quad here on >a vent, completely immobile has any right to be depressed. you think >depresasion is linked to the underpriviledged? do you remember freddy >prinze or curt cobain blowing their brains out? i wouldn't consider >them underprivilidged - but i WOULD class them as severely depressed. >blanket ALL and NEVER statements are very foolish to blurt out. they >can also be very hurtfull to some. your psycho-diagnosis is not why we >are here. > > dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aaron Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you compare a ridiculous statement like what Carol said w/ >what I said?!? I assume that you have a "deeper" more meaningful >response? I was just trying to convey that our often self diagnosed >depression is merely the lack of knowing what is possible to do in life >anymore. None of us here are professionals, that I know of, so >anything that is said is just an opinion and a way that each of us >deals with things. > > > > I apologize if it was a shallow opinion, but I don't believe that >dwelling on the negative can bring about positive results. Who would >Bobbie miss? Maybe the diverse and sometimes ridiculous discussions on >this group? I don't know. But, the best way I know to help someone >who's depressed is to not focus on their depression. Get them involved >in something, get them pissed enough about something that they want to >do something, whatever works to get the person back into the life that >surrounds us all. > > > > You may or may not ever take me serious again, but that is for you > > to >decide. I care what people think and would like to know how you came >to your conclusions about my comments below. > > >
