Posted by MysticalMeds on September 13, 2003, at 9:25:28
In reply to Re: Recovery and prescription meds, posted by Tabitha on September 8, 2003, at 22:16:14
> I always think of it like this.. to be 'clean' is to have brain chemistry that's in the range of normal.. not sped up, not slowed down, not hallucinating, not manic, not severely depressed. For some of us, we need meds to get to normal brain chemistry, so we're much more clean and sober on meds than off them.
I really like to think this way and a lot of the time I do. I often wonder if the meds are taking away some of the depth of experience life has to offer. Off meds things have a feeling of being much more real and significant, although perhaps part of the problem is that things seem TOO significant and that can take me into downward spirals of depression. so i wonder where, how, and when (if ever) i will find the comfortable medium between a real authentic and deep experience of life(that i find off meds), and having a positive, balanced, optimistic and in-control experience (that i have with meds) (i take effexor and wellbutrin). its a fascinating thing for me to think about, but i've rarely found any writing about it. i feel a lot of it has to do with the extent to which we identify with our cognitions vs. our feelings =)
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