throwaway_42_2

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   by throwaway_42_2 15y ago

   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 other words, I felt
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   by throwaway_42_2 15y ago

   Truth be told, everything we experience and do causes semi-permanent changes to the structure of the brain that we don't really understand.
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   by throwaway_42_2 15y ago

   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 tell from your response,
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   by throwaway_42_2 15y ago

   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.
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   by throwaway_42_2 15y ago

   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 most definitely do _so