Posted by velaguff on August 28, 2002, at 20:22:59
In reply to im an alcoholic, posted by 1NF1N17R1P on August 26, 2002, at 23:28:31
> im on medication, and i have no friends, and no job, and no wife, at twenty seven years old, im supposed to be happy. shit yeah im depressed. it sucks sitting alone all the time, not see nobody, not going anywhere. why do i drink alcohol. it is a depressant and i absolutely hate it. i dont like the way it tastes, i dont like the way it smells. sorry to all the people i may have offended, but now i got to end it.
....Please don't "end it" just yet. Complain like the devil for a dozen years or so, first. I'm 44, and I'm still bitchin'. Try to stay off of alcohol for just a little while, to see if the medication works. Alcohol nearly always (so they say) interferes with the action of your meds. I believe in the truth, as I see it, no matter what. Frankly, I think that many antidepressants that are supposed to simply LIFT YOUR MOOD are essentially placebos (powerful "MAOI's" like Nardil, are less "placebic"; didn't work for me, but you may want to try that if other meds don't work). The track record of medications for bipolar and schizo is somewhat better...I think, but I'm hardly an expert. Those disorders are less prone to the power of suggestion, and the placebo effect. Some people may hate me for it, but I'll say it anyway: many more women (I think it's 4 to 1) seek treatment for depression than men, and I think they generally seek it sooner, when it's more treatable, before it gets really bad. Neuter me with dull pruning shears if you must, but I think that women are more suggestible than men. The little pills make them feel better cause Doc said they would. Still you have to give the pills a chance. Most antidepressants actually do alter your brain chemistry, so they probably do work (more than just in the placebo effect) for some people. I get mad when Docs mess with your mind by saying that alcohol is a "depressant"....technically true, but that only defines its action on your NERVOUS SYSTEM, not your MOOD. It may be self-serving to say so, since I'm a alcoholic myself, but at least alcohol is an honest "medication". No one can accuse alcohol of being a "placebo".
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