Hey, Fluff- I can tell you right now, from unfortunate first-hand experience, that the psychiatric profession still does NOT know everything they need to about treating mental illness with medications. Case in point: 10 years ago, I was treated for suicidal depression with two meds, both of which had a remote danger of causing seizures. One was an old med, one was brand new...I'm sure they couldn't wait to try it out. The combination of the 2 meds caused seizures that didn't quit when the meds were stopped. I was told that the combination had probably "permanently lowered my seizure threshold", and diagnosed with adult-onset epilepsy that has yet to be controlled. Now, there's a warning to the medical community to not give those two meds together. Gosh, if only they had known that BEFORE trying the combo out on me (and possibly others)! Mental illness would no longer exist if the medical community truly knew everything they need to know about the chemistry of brain functioning/disfunctioning. Interestly enough, I haven't had any episodes of true depression since the seizures started and I had suffered my entire life with the problem.
I can tell you right now, from unfortunate first-hand experience, that the psychiatric profession still does NOT know everything they need to about treating mental illness with medications. Case in point: 10 years ago, I was treated for suicidal depression with two meds, both of which had a remote danger of causing seizures. One was an old med, one was brand new...I'm sure they couldn't wait to try it out. The combination of the 2 meds caused seizures that didn't quit when the meds were stopped. I was told that the combination had probably "permanently lowered my seizure threshold", and diagnosed with adult-onset epilepsy that has yet to be controlled. Now, there's a warning to the medical community to not give those two meds together. Gosh, if only they had known that BEFORE trying the combo out on me (and possibly others)!
Mental illness would no longer exist if the medical community truly knew everything they need to know about the chemistry of brain functioning/disfunctioning.
Interestly enough, I haven't had any episodes of true depression since the seizures started and I had suffered my entire life with the problem.