Posted by yxibow on January 21, 2007, at 3:18:45
In reply to Re: Do people feel medications help or mask sympto, posted by elanor roosevelt on January 20, 2007, at 22:50:28
> AD's are for adjusting brain chemistry
> for a long time doctors thought that change would remain after treatment was ended
> however they didn't and still do not know jack sh*t about what happens
> ten years ago i used to get a couple maybe 3 months of feeling okay before i had to get back on meds
> these were my most productive times
> but depression is an illness that tends to worsen over the yearsThat's sort of a generalization -- untreated genetic depression can compound itself over the years but since most depressive and anxiety disorders are biochemical in origin, they shift and change over time -- they may get worse or better. Depression also is not a single illness -- there is dysthymia, MDD, Bipolar I and II, psychotic depression, etc.
> so, a good AD doesn't mask the symptoms it alleviates or lessens the symptoms
> we don't get to be "all better" thoughThat's possible but we can live productive lives just like others born with other illnesses that we have been able to create medications to alleviate symptoms. Is the glass half empty or half full?
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