Posted by Squiggles on December 5, 2002, at 17:10:10
In reply to Regarding Benzophobia, posted by Alan on December 5, 2002, at 16:36:52
I see your point. Nothing is certain
of course, but your perspective as you
describe it has certainly plagued my
thoughts; part of the problem in these
gray area cases, is that you can't test
for the diagnosis; indeed, you can't (in
my case and many others) even take the
person off the drugs to see the result.So, inadvertenlty, in cases of doubt,
the manic depressive must remain so;
the unipolar may be switched to another
AD, but certainly cannot be taken off
after many years of taking the drug.
And in the case of schizophrenia or
psychoses, i wonder how many women for
example, have not had post-pratum depression
mistaken for something else.A wrong diagnosis which goes on treated
as such for a long time can be devastating.
Once a schizophrenic, always a schizophrenic.These are practical problems with pretty
severe life-long consequences. I cannot
blame Ray for being so ideological; as
for his swirling fish -- i never could
take it seriously. He has such a great
sense of humour, that i think he put it there
to do a one-upmanship on Rand's. I think
Ray's is a lot more frisky. LOLThanks for your kind words.
Squiggles
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