Posted by Spriggy on March 9, 2005, at 11:20:34
In reply to plus...., posted by calamityjane on March 9, 2005, at 10:22:17
I guess I think it's not fair for us to judge.. (not saying anyone here is) but I know in the past, BEFORE I dealt with these issues, I sometimes judged people for expecting a pill to stop all their problems.
Then God humbled me in a way only He can by allowing me to walk down that same road as a lot of other people, and once I realized how debilitating it was, and that I had two small children to care for (one with special needs) and that therapy alone would not "snap me out of this" (and NO this is NOT a run on sentence, ha), I finally realized I needed medicine.
Little did I know, the medicine would make me feel one thousand times worse- and later found out I am not to ever take an SSRI again. BUT, still, having said all that, when people have serious mental disorders like BP, therapy alone will do little to no good.
I grew up in a home with a BP father who REFUSED TO take medicine until 5 years ago. I can't even imagine what my childhood memories COULD be like had he been on medicine because he has become a different man (for the better).
So it's all relative.
Each person is different.
Sometimes it's biological, sometimes it spiritual, sometimes it's emotional, sometime's mental..
But sometimes, when you are in the midst of it, it's for even YOU to know which is which.
poster:Spriggy
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