Posted by SLS on June 15, 2014, at 17:45:10
In reply to Re: Different types of depression » SLS, posted by Beckett on June 15, 2014, at 14:16:11
> Hi Scott, nice to see you :-)
Likewise.
> > It is an interesting idea that the symptomatology of someone's baseline depression can be influenced by exposure to drugs.
> Drugs meaning pharmaceutical treatment?That was what I meant for the most part. Of course, psychotropics without a therapeutic indication would also count.
> I told my pdoc my belief that ssri/snri worsened my illness from cyclothymia to BPII.
I think there is still some debate as to whether or not antidepressants and stimulants can convert unipolar depression to bipolar disorder or hasten the age of onset of bipolar disorder. Cyclothymia often progresses to BD on its own, anyway, so your doctor might not be too swayed by your conclusions.
This is an interesting study, although it doesn't really apply well to your case:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835385/
I have a difficult time believing that drugs are incapable of influencing the course of mental illness for the worse.
> I hope you are feeling a bit better.A bit.
:-)
Thanks.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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