Posted by Destroyo on November 15, 2003, at 23:39:14
In reply to can depression evolve into chronic fatigue?, posted by slinky on November 15, 2003, at 20:00:26
My dad went to a mental health seminar not long ago (I was not in attendance) at which a doctor railed against depression sufferers for drinking when under his care, To wit: "drinking interferes with the efficacy of the mediacation, and it only makes their condition worse". Well, with all due respect to the good doctor; there's an alternative perspective....consider; do his patients fail to thrive because they drink, or do they drink, because they fail to thrive as the result of his treatments? You're a great guy Larry, you pointed out to one of our numerous sufferers at our forum that "the perfect person" was a myth; that is TIMELESS wisdom. My dad; well, damn, he IS quite literally; perfect, I kid you not. Only thing is, he's also an unpredictable PSYCHO. He's had several wives (my stepmons), but both my sisters, myself, and all his former wives (most of whom that I got along with better than he) will tell you that he has psychotic episodes. Want an example?, He helped me move not long ago, from one location to another, a mere distance of 300 yds. in the same city; My weight tends to fluctuate, so I wanted to keep around 20 diferent pairs o' pants. This set off his psychosis in a most extreme manner. Literally, for FOUR HOURS, we argued; he kept hassling me by repeating the same argument over and over again, to wit: NO ONE NEEDS MORE THAN 7-8 PAIRS OF PANTS! Biz-z-a-r-r-e, That's a classic definition of psychosis....your behavior is totally dysfunctional and innappropriate; yet you're the last one to know. I'm tellin' ya Lar, I live in "interesting times". I love my Dad, but b'God, what am I gonna do. He's a Psycho, and I'm a Schizo. Mental illness, in my family, to use that wonderful ol' Hank William's Jr. Song, is just "An Ol' Family Tradition."
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