Before I go (for now), let me echo again Nero's entire post as it is 100% correct and I feel certain there will be a class action suit eventually and am amazed there hasn't already. Wanted to quote the above paragraph though, first because it is so true and there can be no better advice. But I also wanted to mention that it is only SSRI's that have ever been held culpable in the problems your wife and the thousands of sufferers you found online had or have. In fact the electrical shocks your wife described have a name or two: "Brain zaps" or "brain shivers," which I think describe the worst of it and then the less terrible. These terms never existed before SSRI's because the phenomenon never existed before SSRI withdrawal. The reason they feel like electrical shocks is because they literally are. There is literally electricity bouncing around your brain not knowing where to go.
I said that exact thing already in my response to moes. And your grandmother (or whoever) that died of cancer (or whatever)? Well, she probably took cancer pretty personally too. And I'd venture she'd take it even more personally if someone told her there's no such thing as cancer, so buck up. Depressed people, no matter how depressed, can't even call into work sick for it. You can be in a medical situation by which you can't hardly move from aches and pains and depression itself, can't eat, can't wash. But you have to say you have the flu when you call in sick. You have to lie like you're getting away with staying home with a hangover. Of course I take it personally.
Would have helped if you included his age. Cutting doesn't mean he has depression or any other clinical diagnosis especially if it is superficial. You aren't the parent but I would highly suggest a look at any possible drug use and then get a second opinion.
I don't know anything personally about depression, but this thread made me think of Landlord Landry .
Reading through this thread got me thinking. Our diets are terrible. We don't exercise. We work or go to school in tiny rooms for 8 hours a day. We don't get enough sunlight. Despite 500 facebook friends, we don't have a real sense of community. It is amazing everyone in our modern society isn't depressed. So I wondered if hunter-gatherers suffer from depression. After a little googling, I found that it is very rare in hunter-gatherer societies. Our brains and bodies are just not adapted to modern society. Here is an interesting article on the subject. http://www.medifasthealth.org/blog/2010/04/03/the-hunter-gatherer-cure-for-depression/
So true (and I have over 1500 FB 'friends'). But while our cavemen brothers might not have had it, it was written about extensively going back to the beginnings of civilization. Plato and Socrates suffered it and Aristotle wrote about it a lot. It is as old as putting words into sentences at least.
Because he came into a thread to troll and I guess to build his fragile ego up by dismissing and attacking the people discussing the original posters question. It's not like it's freaking rocket science Casey, it's real easy to see who is the jerk-off in this thread. The person trying hard to build his ego and rep by putting down other peoples problems and emotions. Internet 101
LOL @ "friends." :grin: I thought you were leaving, you liar. Man, that's tough. I hope her migraines got fixed . No one should be ever in pain. Hopefully someone helped her out. DAMN those bad doctors without proper training/knowledge. Do you still keep in contact with her?
LOL Original poster had a genuine question and got this: Man that's so awesome and cool! Really got him with that one. Needed more smilies though.
Most Hangout questions start off with "I hate [political party people]", "clap if you hate basso/bigTex/tinman", and "do you believe in [debatable crap]"... right... or... WRONG...? Or... damn, I don't know anymore.
LOL. That'll leave you with even a lower level. I was referring to naturally having a serotonin deficiency, which leads to depression.
