Posted by iris2 on December 18, 2004, at 16:03:25
In reply to Re: Bipolar meds and Salmon Capsules » iris2, posted by rainy on December 18, 2004, at 14:21:11
Rainy,
You do make sense though because you are aware of your own irrational thoughts from what you just said. Somethimes we cannot help feeling irrational but we can still be aware of the rational side of things. It is like if you know you are insane then you are not actually insane. Being aware is key.
It's not that I don't think these irrational thoughts myself but it is important that I recognize them for what they are. I know I have irrational thinking about weight and my body even as I have the thoughts. I recently fought with myself for several months because I was gaining weight from antidepressant. If I had not been aware of my own irrational thinking about it all I probably would never have tried the medication. It helped me some but not enough for the trade off of gaining weight and body changes from increased prolactin along with my mensus stopping because of it. If it had relieved my depression a great deal I would have still had thoughts about being very unhappy about gaining weight but in the end I do believe that I would have decided to stay on it because I am able to recognise my irrational thoughts about weight for what they are. Of course no one wants to gain weight they do not need but given the severity of my depression I would hope that I can be rational enough to accept a weight gain if the medication relieves the depression. Streesor said she would not take any medication that might make her gain weight. If I have that attitude, given that most of them can make me gain weight I might as well not even try to find a medication to alleviate the depression. I hope it will not increase my weight but if it does I will just have to deal with it.
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