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elwood · 06-28-2007, 09:55 PM

I have always wondered about the amount of literature and art that would have been missed if these medications were around in the past.

I have been on medications, and there is a lot of over prescribing and not enough behavioral therapy.

When I was on meds, it was to treat depression and OCD. The meds in combo with the therapy helped a lot. The best way to describe what it did to me was to cut off a bunch of emotions from the top and a bunch from the bottom and leave me with a little in the middle.

So I was left with no depressed, horrible thoughts AND no joyous or creative thoughts. I just didn't feel too much either way.
For me, that wasn't going to do. So I worked on my "issues" and gradually came off the meds. They are addicting and that not easy. And I wasn't even on a dosage, they consider addicting and it was rough.

In retrospect, it worked for me. And my depression can get bad at times. Could therapy have worked alone? maybe.

I have only very recently decided to push my boundries and look into other realities. This comes after reading a bunch on evolution, Ken Wilbur, Einstein and things of that nature. I eventually landed, by chance, at Steve's podcast and have listened to all his podcasts. I have decided to give subjective reality a shot, what could it hurt.

I feel very peaceful after doing this. Time will tell if the depression comes back. But a single integral conscious view over an objective view seems to be helping.

06-28-2007, 09:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
elwood Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 7	I have always wondered about the amount of literature and art that would have been missed if these medications were around in the past. I have been on medications, and there is a lot of over prescribing and not enough behavioral therapy. When I was on meds, it was to treat depression and OCD. The meds in combo with the therapy helped a lot. The best way to describe what it did to me was to cut off a bunch of emotions from the top and a bunch from the bottom and leave me with a little in the middle. So I was left with no depressed, horrible thoughts AND no joyous or creative thoughts. I just didn't feel too much either way. For me, that wasn't going to do. So I worked on my "issues" and gradually came off the meds. They are addicting and that not easy. And I wasn't even on a dosage, they consider addicting and it was rough. In retrospect, it worked for me. And my depression can get bad at times. Could therapy have worked alone? maybe. I have only very recently decided to push my boundries and look into other realities. This comes after reading a bunch on evolution, Ken Wilbur, Einstein and things of that nature. I eventually landed, by chance, at Steve's podcast and have listened to all his podcasts. I have decided to give subjective reality a shot, what could it hurt. I feel very peaceful after doing this. Time will tell if the depression comes back. But a single integral conscious view over an objective view seems to be helping.