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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:13 PM Original message |
Is depression real? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Such questions dont have simple answers. |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It existed long before medicine to Tx it did. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Correct |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. a truth, but the extent of it now is questionable.... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. We've all heard about young men taking Viagra |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I dont think I suggested a conspiricy. |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. LOL! "I would never suggest a conspiracy, but..." |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Umm, I didnt suggest a conspiricy, so please stop twisting my words. |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Then what would you call it? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Marketing |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Hmm. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. I dont think I suggested anything of the sort, but |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Read your first two posts. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Im giving you one last chance to articulate a point. |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Basically, it appears that you're denying what you wrote. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
86. Your continued refusal to make anything resembling a point, |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #61 |
190. This is the most ridiculous thread of non-argumentation I've ever read. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #190 |
193. Actually, I struggle to see how this claim plays out in the real world. |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #193 |
203. I am sort of saying that. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #203 |
204. OK. |
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frank frankly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. well said. |
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frank frankly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. bingo |
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CarolynEC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Believe me, it is quite real |
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booyakasha (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. both |
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TomNickell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Real enough to those who go through it |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I believe it is real. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. I don't BELIEVE it's real--I KNOW it's real! |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
97. I was first diagnosed at age four |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes. It is REAL! |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I agree with you |
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RodneyCK2 (813 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. I agree... I have gone in and out of severe depression a few.. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. The common symptoms of clinical depression are |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
169. depression is very real |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Definitely is Real... questioning the numbers of it and who profits... |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:38 PM Original message |
If you have been there you KNOW it exists |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. The blues is usually diagnosed as situational depression |
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TXDemGal (600 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. The concept of "melancholy" or "melancholia," |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. its both |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, it's real. |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. very few from REAL clinical depression |
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Medium Baby Jesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Link???? |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Long-term cannabis use depresses brain serotonin levels |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. long term use of any psychoactive isnt particularly good for depression |
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Medium Baby Jesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:45 PM Original message |
Link?? |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. Tourette's syndrome? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:47 PM Original message |
I dont feel a need to prove that bathing your brain in chemicals |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
70. Great. So you're making it up as you go along? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. lol, get a grip |
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Medium Baby Jesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
75. Figured as much n/t |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. I suppose you dont believe in global warming either? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. Deleted message |
K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. I have suffered from clinical depression for my entire life. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
93. Oh BULLSHIT |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:47 PM Response to Reply #93 |
136. i may not be a doctor, but i know that marijuana is NOT a depressive |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #136 |
196. How do you know that? |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:56 PM Response to Reply #93 |
165. #93 |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
100. Frankly |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
87. Right here, mi amigo |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
170. I've suffered from severe long-term depression. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. As a lifelong sufferer |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. How disrespectful. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. If you'll read the thread |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. It's not an invention... but it can be predatory, is my think. |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. what is really disrespectful is conning ppl into believing |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Behavior mod |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Meaning many people feel unhappy because of their lives or |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. But there is a difference to be contemplated |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. You are missing an important piece here. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. You can do a brain scan for it |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. That is how it is determined whether is is a |
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Barret (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Actually |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Responding to the three of you. |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. All I can say is you are mistaken |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Where am I mistaken? |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. Well |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Im not sure we disagree at all. |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. I think you are correct |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #98 |
139. you have the cart before the horse |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:02 PM Response to Reply #139 |
166. And what "life actions and attitudes" |
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Branjor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #90 |
110. I was trained.... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:58 PM Response to Reply #110 |
128. Can you measure serotonin levels in spinal fluid? |
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Branjor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. Yes.... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Cause or effect? We don't know--yet |
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Branjor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #135 |
142. The disease model... |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. Excellent point |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
108. They Are Working |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Personally, I'd like to see functional MRIs or PET scans done |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
137. the chemical imbalance can be fixed by changing your life |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. "Smile and you'll feel better"? |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #140 |
148. nice straw man there |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #137 |
191. If that's true, then who needs insulin? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #191 |
205. I like the comparison to diabetes myself |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #205 |
209. A beautifully written post. Succinct, honest, to the bottom line. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. It's a lot more disrespectful to tell people they can |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
106. Behavior Mod? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Calm down. |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. You must read this. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. the question in this thread |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. the real question is, would pharms take advantage? |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
184. Healy relates how treatment has manufactured de[ression. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. No. Only optimism exists. Everything else is a conspiracy. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes, yes, yes... |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. I think it is pretty damn sad |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Yes, it is absolutely amazing. |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. reality is, the more you depend on drugs than on yourself... |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Thanks for spreading misinformation. |
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Medium Baby Jesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
78. Thanks for your wise words |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. it's all related... can't you see? |
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Medium Baby Jesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. I agree with you. |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:58 PM Response to Reply #96 |
127. Bush depresses me... where's the pill for that one. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #91 |
206. the stress from a break-up or mortgage bill can trigger depression |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
89. Let's see |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
130. why is this subject so touchy.... |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:23 PM Response to Reply #130 |
167. now how screwed up is this... pharming kids... link attached... |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:34 AM Response to Reply #130 |
187. A life debilatating condition qualifies as a good reason. |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
37. The Neurobiology of Depression |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. Depression is quite real.. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Sexual side-effects |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
95. I can believe that... |
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put out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #95 |
144. Sexual side effects exist for women taking antidepressants, too. |
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DoveTurnedHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
50. As Someone Who Loves Someone With Depression |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. WHY? The neuroscience of suicide. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:13 AM Response to Reply #51 |
179. This is a great piece! I have shared it many times. |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. Been there, done that |
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Barret (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
59. No it does not |
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malachibk (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
67. It exists insofar as people are indeed debilitated by it |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
68. When I hear someone suggest that depression "isn't real" |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
171. You know, this happened to me. |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. Yes. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
73. Wisconsin Death Trip |
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Medium Baby Jesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #73 |
101. And the name of a great album! n/t |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
76. Yes. There is a different between common bouts of the blues and.... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
80. deleted |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
81. Ignorance Reigns |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #81 |
105. LOL |
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zanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
82. Depression is so real... |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
172. That's right...recurring. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
84. There is the chemical imbalance.. and there is situational depression. |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
85. Yes, depression is real. And BHT is a cure. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
94. Yes |
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Barret (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. You hit the nail on the head |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #94 |
104. No offense, but that is psuedo-science. |
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Medium Baby Jesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. And your opinion |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #107 |
112. Not everyone is a scientist |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. You mean like I did? |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Sorry |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. And it is a compassionate thing |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. I am sorry |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:58 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. lol. That's okay. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #112 |
118. Thats fine, but acting as though anyone who questions depression |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. That is not how I countered it |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #122 |
129. I agree and disagree. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #107 |
116. So now you are just gonna flame me up and down the thread? |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. Point out where I claimed to have a full understanding |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #114 |
120. Fine, I wasnt so much responding to you, but to the many posts on the |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. Thank you |
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Comicstripper (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
111. Yes |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. I will urge you to do as I've urged others |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
117. My greatgrandmothers 24 year old sister hung herself about 80 years ago. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
124. Maybe, there are several different depressions |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
131. I think it does |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
133. I say yes. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
134. Damn straight it's real |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
138. I Can't Convince Anyone... |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. sitting ata graveyard watching the world die |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. Can't Read? |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #145 |
150. ya, metaphors work both ways |
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put out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #141 |
153. I fervently hope for you |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. once again, thats NOT what i said |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. Your Lack of Empathy is Quite Obvious |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #158 |
173. Also, Depression saps your energy so you cannot direct your life. n/t |
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put out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #154 |
164. I read pretty well. |
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ocean girl (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #138 |
147. Those of you who don't believe depression is real |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
143. It's very real to me |
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phrenzy (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
146. Ignorance Abounds |
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drdigi420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. or C) change your lifestyle to correct your brain chemistry |
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tibbir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #155 |
161. Just a question: |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:17 PM Response to Reply #155 |
163. How does a four-year-old do that? |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #155 |
175. When you are BED-RIDDEN, it is awfully hard to take positive action... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #155 |
194. Are you a mental health provider of some kind? |
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tibbir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #146 |
160. You said it for me, thank you. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #146 |
174. Thank you, phrenzy. |
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wurzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
149. Widespread depression is the canary in the mine. |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
151. Of course it is real.... |
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minkyboodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
152. Its very real |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #152 |
176. Exactly. It runs in my father's side of the family. |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
156. It is for me.. without it, I'd be dead or in jail. eom... |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
157. Well Dook... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #157 |
159. Hey FC... |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
162. The diagnosis existed before the drugs were invented. |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-09-04 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
168. It's real but also culturally relative.... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
177. Whoever thinks it's a conspiracy could use some Lithium(TM) |
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LiberalPersona (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
178. It most certainly is real |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
180. Yes, it's real. And it's probably underdiagnosed, not overdiagnosed. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #180 |
182. Major Depression and Mental Health Care Utilization in Canada: 1994 to 200 |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #182 |
183. Patient Satisfaction With Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #183 |
186. Mental Disorders and Reasons for Using Complementary Therapy |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:35 AM Response to Reply #186 |
188. The Neurobiology of Suicide and Suicidality |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #188 |
189. Differentiating Symptoms of Complicated Grief and Depression Among... |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
181. It is very real |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
185. The experience of severe dep. is real - treating it with pills, that's a.. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
192. Yes. And you can even "see it." |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
195. It certainly exists. |
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Branjor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #195 |
197. * |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #197 |
198. Well of course drugs can make people do things. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #197 |
199. Actually... |
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put out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #199 |
202. Good point. |
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AVID (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
200. The Medical Professional should make the decision, but . . |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #200 |
201. Good advice. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-10-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #201 |
207. Is it real? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 09:53 AM Response to Reply #207 |
208. You rock! |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
210. i've been depressed since Bush's appointment by the Supreme Court |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
211. I can assure you the spectre of depression is very real. eom |
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Jen72 (847 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
212. I personally started suffering from depression aged 14..... |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #212 |
213. I just went off of Wellbutrin... |
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truthspeaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
214. As one who has experienced it and gotten relief from Rx SSRIs, I say yes |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
215. Yes |
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