tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012499708688254847.post3065205497805783069..comments2024-02-19T21:16:14.878-08:00Comments on Prozac Monologues: The Future is Bright -- For Whom?Willa Goodfellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05816752444634576606noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012499708688254847.post-78971174815185099232011-05-27T08:04:18.083-07:002011-05-27T08:04:18.083-07:00What we call "mental" illness has manife...What we call "mental" illness has manifestations throughout the whole system, energy fields, thought processes, circadian rhythms, genetics. And yes, biochemical processes. I have a stack of books to work through, but will post something about the INTRAcellular level sometime this year.<br /><br />Remember who "they" are. As my therapist said, If you go into a screwdriver store, you can expect they will try to sell you a screwdriver.<br /><br />That said, the evidence is clear that there are biochemical things going on in mental illness. SOMEbody ought to be studying that aspect of the beast.<br /><br />Point of origin? The evidence is accumulating that dysfunction has to develop in several of these different systems and their interactions with each other before the person succumbs. Solutions? Because we are a system, you can start anywhere. But no one part of the system can carry the whole weight.<br /><br />I am excited about Ellen Frank's work, because she begins the process of developing a unified theory and a unified treatment. Not complete, but a good start.<br /><br />The nature of research is that the boxes get smaller and smaller and smaller. What we really need here are some generalists, some big picture people who will open up the boxes and give us a new paradigm.Willa Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816752444634576606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012499708688254847.post-45653454369417487372011-05-27T00:37:28.391-07:002011-05-27T00:37:28.391-07:00Maybe they're looking at the wrong place. Mayb...Maybe they're looking at the wrong place. Maybe it's not biochemical in origin at all. Maybe it's about time they start looking outside their neat little box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012499708688254847.post-78571588414704955212011-05-19T22:56:35.692-07:002011-05-19T22:56:35.692-07:00You nailed it, Willa. :)You nailed it, Willa. :)John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012499708688254847.post-8585246079975492442011-05-15T12:14:21.938-07:002011-05-15T12:14:21.938-07:00Excellent blog post. I took myself out of the psyc...Excellent blog post. I took myself out of the psychiatric system of "treatment" for Bipolar 2 Disorder, in April of 2006, after just 22 months (during which time I became substantially worse.) Instead I became determined to apply a holistic approach and treat myself as the guinea pig, rather than allowing Big Pharma to use me as their very profitable guinea pig. I am much better now, and have developed a treatment protocol that is somewhat complicated (which I continue to tweak) that keeps me fairly well balanced. I am not cured. But the highs are now milder, and the lows are also milder (although more frequent), and I have developed strategies to handle both when they occur. I feel like I dodged a bullet by getting out of the psychiatric system when I did. I am now past 50 years old, and my physical health is still excellent, which wasn't the case during the short 22 months I spent on psychotropic medications. Thanks for maintaining this interesting and thoughtful blog.catlady4545https://www.blogger.com/profile/09580756637213688839noreply@blogger.com