[lbo-talk] Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression's WonderDrugs

[DoreneFC at aol.com]

Actually, postpartum depression CAN recur after subsequent pregnancies. 
Remember the woman in TX who had a fifth kid after having SEVERE post-partum 
depression with the fourth and being advised NOT to have another kid. Of course she 
also had a controlling husband and other relatives who did not believe in ANY 
kind of psychiatric intervention. Chemicals would not have fixed any of that, 
though the placebo might at least have carried the impliction that someone 
else cared about her suffering.

And yes drumming, tapping one's nails and other kinds of tics can be 
considered obsessive compulsive disorders and ARE sometimes treated with 
anti-depressants. I have no info about effectiveness rates, but I know this is NOT all 
pharma co hype.

DoreneC

In a message dated 8/8/2003 5:31:22 PM GMT Daylight Time, cbcox at ilstu.edu 
writes:


> Post-partum or post-surgical depression (I think?) often or usually go
> away on their own, or even if they do require treatment, don't reoccur
> -- but sometimes they do become chronic. I've often wondered if (like
> piano-playing, migraine, drumming one's fingers, or poor posture)
> depression can become a habit (i.e., brain channels become established
> for it).
> 

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