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Originally Posted by DrTiTus
yay caffiend
finally a mental who speaks the truth! :P
haha just playin, but you're absolutely right.
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oh fuck off.
=P
to explain; what works for caffiend is great, but in no way changes that there are people with genuine mental illnesses who can best be treated with drugs. Even adjusting my dosage (trying to wean myself off) creates huge difficulties for me, and I have learnt many ways to moderate my moods as an adjunct to chemical treatment. This is why I'm not on seriously heavy stuff like lithium combined with antipsychotics. You might call that using a crutch, but I don't see it that way.
Caffiend says himself that the fluoxetine helped him. Good on him for recognising that, and good on him for being able to get off it. It's just not logical however to universalise from his single experience and use it to justify a view of the world.
Oh yes. And I'm far from being a "disconnected zombie", thank you very much (refers to undulating ungulate quote).