Posted by jealibeanz on July 9, 2006, at 15:32:44
In reply to Re: VNS or Emsam?, posted by t2green01 on July 9, 2006, at 7:44:49
I'm always so surprised when I read that people have tried every SSRI, sometimes more than once. I don't think my doctor would ever do that with me. I guess they all have different approaches. He just said I probably would have similar side effects and responses.
Others actually fed me the "personality" line, which I think is crap. Constant anxiety isn't due to personality. It may be partly caused by experiened, as in post traumatic stress, but not in my case. Depression, could be likened to someone with too high expectations out of life. I don't have this outlook. I'd settle for middle of the line, just being able to get through every day without dread and misery for no reason. I don't need a fairy tale ending. Also, my depressions and normal moods aren't dependent upon my life situations.
I've gone through periods where evvvvery thing was terrible every thing. Then periods when life was wondddderful. Nothing changed. I was doing the exact same thing as always. Same school, activities, friends, work, ect. This leads my to believe that it is at least partly chemical.
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