I should add that the reason I stopped taking the bupropion was that I felt it "worked" by turning down the gain on the more critical parts of my mind, rather than allowing me to reinterpret my own critical thoughts. In…
Truth be told, everything we experience and do causes semi-permanent changes to the structure of the brain that we don't really understand.
I'd agree with you on the psychotherapy thing. I'm currently in some pretty intense therapy and it's been really good. I would recommend it strongly to anyone who can afford someone they're willing to trust. I can't…
I was/am scared of the long term effects of psychoactive medication, and so wanted the least potent thing available. Plus SSRIs have side-effects that made me less-than enthusiastic.
As someone who has taken a variety of treatments for depression (never SSRIs -- only Bupropion, St. John's Wort, and most recently S-Adenosyl methionine, or "SAM-e") I can say from my own personal experience that they…
I should add that the reason I stopped taking the bupropion was that I felt it "worked" by turning down the gain on the more critical parts of my mind, rather than allowing me to reinterpret my own critical thoughts. In…
Truth be told, everything we experience and do causes semi-permanent changes to the structure of the brain that we don't really understand.
I'd agree with you on the psychotherapy thing. I'm currently in some pretty intense therapy and it's been really good. I would recommend it strongly to anyone who can afford someone they're willing to trust. I can't…
I was/am scared of the long term effects of psychoactive medication, and so wanted the least potent thing available. Plus SSRIs have side-effects that made me less-than enthusiastic.
As someone who has taken a variety of treatments for depression (never SSRIs -- only Bupropion, St. John's Wort, and most recently S-Adenosyl methionine, or "SAM-e") I can say from my own personal experience that they…