Pam - homeostasis;

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Pam:

How do those of us under 50 know if this relates to us??? Just part of my

frustration with not being part of the ruling demographic.

Zac (&Bill):

You can add me to the list of people not responding well to Zoloft. I

reacted poorly to Prozac as well (ended up in ER, took a week to return to

what was normal). So far none of the anti-depressants worked for me (being

tried for sleeping problems and suspected depression). I never thought I

was depressed either. I'd lived through far worse patches without

depression. When I went to see the shrink originally it had to do with

being unable to sleep, inability to focus, fatigue, weight loss - all of

which are signs of depression - those same symptoms however when added into

previously experienced symptoms diagnosed seperately, once the shrink

connected the dots came up MSA. with your brain out of whack seratonin can

go either way (back and forth even). We've hit a space in time where we

are being sold SSRI's as a cure for all that ails but defies diagnosis. My

X does very well on Zoloft, but he has dysthymia (long term unrelenting

severe depression) and nothing else. Depression can be better treated with

talk therapy where the origin of the depression is uncovered, then an

anti-depressant can be added to help speed the process. Too many GP's

consider themselves expert at psychiatry, we certainly know how complex and

completely different each brain is, let alone each person's experience and

perception. A fifteen minute office visit is hardly sufficient basis for

putting someone on SSRI's, like putting every thirsty person on insulin

without proper testing.

After the death of my father, while I was in university, the campus shrink

put me on Lithium, to help me through exams. This doctor never explained

the extra water intake required, not did hhe do follow--up. Consequently I

ended up in hospital with kidney failure and had to quit university to

recover. The lithium was directly responsible. Lithium is useful in

treating bi-polar depression, mine was a natural depression based on a

recent traumatic event and should never have been treated with lithium to

begin with. Had I knows and understood the risks involved I would never

have taken it.

Anyone with a chronic illness is more likely to develop depression (who

wouldn't find wearing diapers, falling over like a drunk, choking on water

and sounding incoherent depressing). More serious are depressions which

have no apparent cause. Those are also most difficult to treat, here is

where SSRI's and other newer anti-depressants are useful. If someone can

show me through testing I am seretonin deficient, I'll consider taking it.

Same goes for dopamine etc.

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