Posted by SLS on January 6, 2009, at 16:15:11
In reply to Re: PARNATE's STAGES: Are they universal? » SLS, posted by JadeKelly on January 6, 2009, at 14:28:21
> With all due respect, I'm not one of those placebo types.
I never said anything remotely similar to that.
> I know what I felt. I know it ended. I know it was drug related. OK, I see where we're going.
I think you misunderstood me. I questioned whether or not what you experienced was a true remission or, rather, a brief drug-induced improvement that does not reflect the ultimate state of homeostasis that the brain eventually settles down into that is a true and stable remission. There is no doubt in my mind that what you experienced was a true biological event that made you feel better. This is a good thing, I believe. Since I am not absolutely sure about that, you might entertain the suggestion offered to you by someone else that this is a bad thing and abort your treatment now. You will get quite a variety of opinions and suggestions I should think.
I wrote, "I guess it depends on what you consider to be a remission."
If feeling good for a total time period not exceeding 10 days is a remission for you, then you had a remission. No questions asked. Your depression remitted and you felt better.
You can do what you like to try to make it last for more than 10 days. Quite frankly, I don't care if you take my suggestions or not. If the decisions you make lead you to an indefinite remission, then you accomplished the mission. Kudos to the person who hits the bullseye.
I have been trying to get well for 25 years. I was first diagnosed and treated in 1982. I have seen quite a few changes in the paradigms with which psychiatry operates clinically and investigationally. I have also witnessed quite a few paradigm shifts in my own belief system and resulting behaviors, which included some very reckless and dangerous self-medicating. But that is me, and not you. 25 years doesn't guarantee wisdom or expert marksmanship. I shall leave it at that.
- Scott
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