I mean, it's not like I'm a ray of frickin' sunshine or anything. For the most part what my ADs do is render me able to get out of bed in the morning. Or afternoon, anyway. I've still got a normal range of emotions and am just as capable of being a stroppy bastard as I ever was. The difference is that the switch is less likely to get jammed in the "DOOOOOOOM!" setting for no good reason.
Individual mileage varies, of course, and the wrong meds for a particular person can certainly just throw the switch out of whack in a different position. (This is why treating bipolar people is so tricky: they tend to go shooting off in the other direction...) But generally speaking, antidepressants aren't going to somehow further improve someone who is already healthy. They'll just make them sweaty and tired and unable to have orgasms.
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Date: 2010-04-18 07:52 am (UTC)Individual mileage varies, of course, and the wrong meds for a particular person can certainly just throw the switch out of whack in a different position. (This is why treating bipolar people is so tricky: they tend to go shooting off in the other direction...) But generally speaking, antidepressants aren't going to somehow further improve someone who is already healthy. They'll just make them sweaty and tired and unable to have orgasms.