Posted on 02/25/2006 8:22:24 AM PST by oxcart
"Living in my head" is very very bad for me - and I was raised to value the intellectual life above all. Having babies was the healthiest thing I ever did. All that cuddling, romping - and there's nothing like changing a diaper or cleaning vomit off the floor to "get me out of my head."
I still enjoy using my brain but learning to think with my hands and my body has been invaluable - gardening, remodelling the house, bird-watching.
When I take up a career after the children are big enough, it's got to involve more than my head.
Mrs VS
jefferson and lincoln also.
Thank you.
"Yes, I always knew that serotonin/tryptophan played an important role in depression. I worked in a health food store and the people that took L-Tryptophan swore by it."
You might like this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1288437/posts
you are probably right about there being more than one gene. there could be another article next week about the discovery of a gene affecting dopamine that plays a role in depression.
Glad you are doing better, but be real careful about a manic reaction. It's a fine line...
Things like Zoloft or Prozac and 5-HTP together can do that also.
Exercise is great for some but severely clinically depressed patients might not be able to do much of it, same for holding a job. Lots of degrees of depression. We used to see catatonic reactions, which were some of the most severe, involving even muscle rigidity.
Glad to hear you are doing well. I have had my bouts in life also.
If your interested in mental health this book is the best forty bucks I ever spent;
http://www.hopepress.com/html/tourette_syndrome_and_human_be.html
Don't shy away from the title (worst named book in history) it is a fascinating read.
Hell hun,
I'm short....
From generations of shorts!
I'm fine honest - we all live with something. Thanks for the post appreciated.
i think depression is vastly under-diagnosed. sure, there are probably some people who are not depressed who get the diagnosis, but the opposite problem is much more frequent and much more serious.
most people who have depression or bipolar disorder never get treated.
you can go on medscape and read studies about this.
the popular press is often not accurate when it comes to things like depression and medication.
LOL, funny thread, thanks.
Except that I didn't post that comment, Mike.
I've met a few. Most of them should be taking the drugs they prescribe to others.
Thank you, Doctor Glenn!
i think it's the latter. however, depressed people will be attracted to threads on depression.
there is also a real danger when people with bipolar disorder are diagnosed as having (unipolar) depression, and are then put on an anti-depressant instead of on a mood stabilizer.
the anti-depressant can trigger a manic episode, and then all sorts of unfortunate things can happen.
You're welcome. Really.
i think you made the more rational choice!
anyone who doesn't understand that just doesn't know much about life yet.
not getting treatment for depression is as sensible as not getting treatment for diabetes or parkinson's disease.
This should work wonders for a great many people. Great news.
Whoops! That post was meant to be a response to Melas. Sorry.
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