correction; 'wasn't a matter'
On 25 August 2012 07:07, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> it could be, Chris, that 'old-fashioned' means 'no longer patented and
> cheap' where medicines are concerned. Yes, I recall our pub run, I used to
> be a little fond of such myself too. As well I was prescribed amitryp for
> some years, and some other serotonin monkeys. I removed myself from such
> medications, and although I'm just as capable of being depressed or
> distressed as anyone, I don't define myself, or let myself be defined by,
> 'depression'. It was a matter of any kind of revelatory moment, rather that
> just somewhere deep down I said 'sod it, enough'.
> After all, every time I see one of Patrick's poems I want to hold my head
> in my hands and cry, but one has to negotiate these things :)
>
>
> On 25 August 2012 03:36, Chris Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> On 24/08/12 22:21, David Bircumshaw wrote:
>>
>>> Chris Jones may wish to know that at least five years ago I was told by a
>>> GP that Amitryptiline is 'an old fashioned medicine',
>>>
>>
>> Maybe because it no longer has a patent and is cheap? It is used more for
>> CFIDS or CFS. It lets you sleep, which CFS prevents and hence makes you
>> sicker if you don't sleep. Also, it encourages the growth of new neuron
>> cells, encourages brain cell repair and actually does work as an
>> anti-depressant. (Except if you alcohol drink and as you may remember from
>> our pub run up and down Sydney's CBD... I am a little fond of this. But it
>> still works as a sedative and when not drinking cures the post drinking
>> depression.)
>>
>> Biochemists have only just figured out why it works... to do with
>> seratonin things in the brain. Also, the other pills I take are
>> depressives, like narcotics and diazapam. I almost have a degree in
>> biochemistry through practical experience.
>>
>> In a couple of months I might get pain patches... hope they work.
>>
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