Chittaranjan: It's nice to see some quiet and unhysterical discussion as you say rather than polemic. I'm simply following my psychiatrists' prescription...
Hi Kenny Your distress isn't in question. At issue is what do we name it and, consequently, how do we deal with it? I don't recognise terms such as ...
Roger: Lamotrigine is a nonsedating mood stabilizer with efficacy in rapid cycling bipolars. You might consider trying aripiprazole augmentation of bupropion...
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Jul 1, 2009 11:43 am
Thanks for advice. As you can see from my choices of medication I am (perhaps perversely) not after mood stabilisation; rather my problem is that I don't get...
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Hi, Dixie. I taught abnormal psychology (undergraduate) and advanced psychopathology (graduate) during my career, so I know the DSM pretty well. Some of my...
Kenny: Hi, Dixie. I taught abnormal psychology (undergraduate) and advanced psychopathology (graduate) during my career, so I know the DSM pretty well. Some of...
Hello, RL and CA. Please allow me to jump in here and support what Roger is saying. I have found only two classes of drugs that help me, and among M.D.'s they...
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<Comment: Sounds like a recipe for delusion Posted by Robert Karl Stonjek> Dangerous, too. Those deeply insecure with no access to competent counselling may...
Hugely important, this Marriage failure followed by consequent business collapse led me to depression and misdiagnosis which in turn led to extreme, lonely...
... RKS: Most psychiatric conditions effect the emotions profoundly and it is not uncommon for the effect on emotions to be the first a patient notices and the...
But for the bibliographic citation, the entire post reads like a straight lift off from J. Krishnamurti's talks or the speeches of any number of modern Swamis...
<please keep in mind that there are those of us who are indeed in distress, of a mental nature> I've long been one of them Kenny, and see my next step out of...
... Yes Robert, regulation varies from country to country, but overall Big Pharma still gets away with far too much I dont need to rehearse here I don't know...
To all Perhaps it’s time for an apology (of sorts) I know I sometimes express myself strongly and upset people but that comes from bitter outrage at having...
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Jul 2, 2009 7:56 am
Thanks. But let me disagree on one half of what you say. I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for antidepressants: they mitigate depression, or at least the right...
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