Posted by Tomatheus on December 24, 2015, at 13:29:04
In reply to Re: Prozac has improved some of my life, posted by rjlockhart37 on December 24, 2015, at 1:45:39
> we'll let's not put it, i know the crazy i posted over the years but i don't want it to be associated with me perosnally as mental illness as a person, it's more of struggles that i learned from, and still having some......
Hi RJ,
Thank you for your reply. I think I know where you're coming from in having written what you wrote above, as I myself don't like to look at mental illness as something that defines me as much as I like to look at it as one of many challenges that I live with. But in writing what I wrote in my previous post, I was mainly wishing to convey that it's nice to hear that you've found a treatment that you seem to benefit from in some respect and that it's particularly nice to hear about your response to Prozac given some of the struggles that you've described on this board, as well as the difficulties you've described with responding to medications. And although I think it can be helpful to acknowledge improvements in our well being when they occur, I also understand that identifying with our symptoms and illnesses to too great of an extent can perhaps take away from the fact that there is so much more to our lives than just these challenges that we face pertaining to our mental health.
At any rate, I think that you came up with some valid points in your post, and I thank you again for having posted in response to the reply that I wrote. I hope that the holiday season will treat you and all here on Psycho-Babble well.
Tomatheus
"I need you to show me
The way from crazy
I wanna be so much
More than this"- Jimmy Eat World
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