Posted by zeugma on May 8, 2004, at 10:42:24
In reply to Re: Effexor added..success stories please! » Sad Panda, posted by SLS on May 8, 2004, at 9:57:12
this is an interesting duel of metaphors.
my personal experience with depression and AD's, I suspect, is more like Scott's. the AD's go some way (not all the way, of course) to creating a configuration in the brain that resembles more closely what goes on in non-depressed people's brains- with the caveat that this is really a functional or 'black box' characterization- it leads to behavioral output that is more like 'normal' people's. Of course it does this by creating an imbalance of its own, and can only be a simulation of normality. But the simulation is real enough, to put it paradoxically, and isn't much like a band-aid, which is an artificial help to a process that works normally- the body's ability to close and cleanse wounds. Hemophiliacs need more than band-aids, if you see what i'm saying. Many depressives are like hemophiliacs (myself included). hemophilia doesn't go away, and saying "Why should hemophiliacs worry if they've got a band-aid at hand?" falls short of the mark. I am trying to use AD's deliberately, at this point, to make sure that I can get through the inevitable crises that come my way, just like hemophiliacs have quite an investment in making sure the blood bank is safely stocked and accessible.
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