Ed, > I believe that is exactly what I said. My point was > also concerned > somewhat with the lexical mis-use of 'guessing' to imply that the > choice of medication involves nothing more than a carnival game of > chance.
Let's put this another way. I think that researchers devising new medications are targeting specific areas in the human body and are testing for specific responses with animal subjects. Where I think the guessing happens is at the point where the doctor looks at the patient and tries to figure out whether the medication will work for a particular human being. Back when I was originally treated for mental stress and depression (91/92), a psychiatrist that used a combination of talk and medical therapy treated me successfully with a medication that I later found out was used for people with a panic disorder and not so much for depression. The next doctor kept trying to stick me on medications that raised serotonin levels and essentially messed me up and made me feel worse instead of better. These days I do not take antidepressants at all. I have a prescription for Xanax that I previously used very infrequently when I felt overly stressed. About 6 months ago, my physician had me try Lexapro. That's been keeping me at a more even keel. That's a medication for a panic disorder, though. I was at one time depressed, but antidepressants made me worse, not better. Prozac and Wellbutrin are not one size fits all medications. Drugs like that make people like me climb the walls. My brain is not wired to react the same way that someone else's brain works when they take that stuff. I was on that stuff for just a short time, and I'm telling you it was NOT pretty. I do hear what you are saying about how the drugs are carefully created. My point is that I don't think they are necessarily carefully prescribed. Kristyne McDaniel http://www.mcstyles.com http://www.emryldlife.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
