Originally posted by stealthyaroura
reply to post by Zerra
edit sorry zarra i kind of jumped the gun there on yer post, did not read the lot, i actually lost it there for a moment please see the funny
side of this, i was qwite rude to you sorry.
NO i do understand about the chemical imbalance in certain peoples brains, all the endorphins adrenalin i could go on and on but BORING,
i am trying to put some self confidence back into the OP i have seen this so many times, maybe well certainly the USA is med mad I'm only trying to
help. you dont no who i have seen or who i have talked to about antidepressants and there effect on the brain, I KNOW HOW THEY WORK
but I'm against them. good news the op is off the meds and he came off hardcore! cold turkey NO MEAN FEAT BELIVE!
please dont view this as a personal attack on you but i hate meds, i believe there are a few cases were yes they may be beneficial but doctors are so
eager to push any brand on a patient who is basically just a guinea pig! they dont really care. doctors often invest in the stock of a drug so push
like crazy to get there profit.
the USA and the UK are a little different, you only have to look at the school kids whacked out on meds crazy! absolutely crazy
[edit on 14/3/2010 by stealthyaroura]
It's a complex subject so it can be extremely dangerous to let people believe they can make due without medication while their doctors say otherwise.
I was speaking strictly in a general sense and not to just one case (such as the OP). While medication is not supposed to be life long in the first
place, getting off of it is a hard thing to do and I applaud anyone who can use medication to become healthy and then leave it behind afterwards. It
is addictive and far from perfect yet. This is how come I believe we should not fear medication but work on advances. I am hopeful that in the future
we will have advances in our technology to help doctors and psychologists match medicines more accurately to th eright illness and right individual.
Matching a person with the wrong anti depressent is one major reasons people are not helped.
Brain imaging scans are advancing at a fast rate and I can see that in the future there will be technology to check a person's brain -the exact
chemical imbalance and be able to correct it without any such guessing games. For now the machines are large, expensive and won't be used- but it is
only a matter of time. -Think of how large computers used to be and how small they are today.
I applaud you if you do genuinely know about how Serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine work in the brain and its relationship to depression, but if
you do not-It may be an interesting topic to study, understand, and read about. Medication in this area is not to be shunned or have people fear or
become ashamed of taking. It can be quite life saving. This is of course, within the right patients.
Too many people are given the wrong treatment and many treatments are flawed enough because we don't understand the brain completely as it is
very complex. I do have hope though, that things will change as we advance in technology and understanding biology- we as in researchers and
scientists.
I don't know about doctors being crazy with meds. It is their profession to treat people and I can't see them using methods that are empirically
unfit for the amount of money placed into it. They can't function as a homeopathic organization as they are based on science and not intuition.
My doctor knew that I was hard up for cash and gave me every free sample of medication she could for my asthma so I could breathe. She could have
given me just one, as to save them for others -to advertise the product. But she knew I couldn't afford refills and gave me them all for free. I
think that was very nice.
I truly do not understand extremes. People seem to be either hardcore into medication and drugs or fearful and hating them. There is an inbetween for
me. The understanding that it is benificial and realistic for many and that others may due with a natural cure.
Some SAD(type of depression) can be simply cured with sunlight, exercise, and healthy eating habits. I am in agreeance that the illnesses that have
some natural remedies should be sought out first..Don't grab a pill for a headache if you can heal by sleeping. But certainly grab a pill for a
migrain you can't stand.
Concerning abilities it's always important to try healing the body before using energy. Sometimes visiting doctors as well as a reiki professional
may als help. Both can go hand in hand.
