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There is no better anti-drug message than a conversation with an ex-junkie. Their accounts aren’t full of rhetoric and propaganda and the horror of their stories leave an enduring sadness and resolution to remain drug free. Shows the damaging effects of narcotics, stimulants and barbiturates in, “Drug Addicts on Drugs.” Table of Contents: (1) “Are Drugs The Answer” Reformed from the psychedelic lifestyle, former Timothy Leary disciple Dr. Allan Cohen gives a classroom presentation to a group of high-school students. He covers the damaging effects of narcotics, stimulants, barbiturates, psychedelics, and marijuana. Dr Cohen details his own experience with drugs and answers questions from the students -20 Minutes (2) “Confrontation: A Nurse and a Drug Addict” shows the ugly side of heroin addiction, as a nurse confronts an addict about using heroin on-site at a treatment facility. The user becomes defensive and argumentative during the confrontation and demands sleeping pills -8 Minutes
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I want life to feel real again
is taking medication going to make that worse?
trisha is a legend! as is stephen fry.. those 3 vids were really fantastic.
Medications CAN be the answer. It just depends on what the root cause of your depression is.
If you have a legit chemical imbalance, all the talk therapy in the world won’t change this.
If you have situational depression (PSTD, abuse, etc.) Prozac alone isn’t going to help.
I’m getting pretty sick of the anti-med bias by people who have not studied the science. Millions of people have been helped by these drugs.
@londonafter Ah, I apologize, and yes, I agree with you.
The reference to diabetes is common in the psychological community right now and well justified: mental disorder is often as biological as diabetes or other deficiencies. For anyone who is curious why, please see Sapolsky’s lecture on the biology of stress and depression here on YouTube:
watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc
@rlquinn1980 I’m not saying medicine won’t help you, on the contrary. I said that because I just can’t stand people who take antidepressants for about a month when they’re feeling down, but when they get better they forget about it until it comes back again. Problems like depression are not a thing that can be solved only with a pill, I think it’s something you have to deal with for the rest of your life.
@rlquinn1980 I think I didn’t express myself very well. I was actually trying to say that pills do help a person with mental health problems (I’m not talking about diabetes or anything like that) but if they stop taking them the symptoms will return, they’re obviously a big part of the solution, but not the only one, there has to be a change in a lot of aspects of a person’s life to actually make a difference
@londonafter I know you mean well, but I’m not sure anyone without medical expertise has the right to say medicine will not help you “in the long term.” Try telling that to someone with diabetes. Many minor or one-time episodical incidences of mental disorders can find their roots in strictly abstract causes; however, severe disorders, including clinical depression will more often show biological symptoms as well. CBT *and* medicine are BOTH carefully prescribed and adjusted for each patient.
@rlquinn1980 I agree, but, as Trisha Goddard said, medication is a part of the equation. It’s not the only answer, taking pills will help you but not in the long term.
@rlquinn1980 Additionally, it’s sad to see that so many people believe antidepressants change your personality or give you that head-wrapped-in-a-towel feel. Modern antidepressants, which are far more sophisticated and targeted than their predecessors, often have little to no side effects. Yes, CBT is necessary for recovery, and diet and exercise do help, but to dismiss the efficacy of—in some cases, the need for—medication because of anecdotal testimony is grossly negligent.
It’s a shame this documentary gives the impression that antidepressants are unimportant or unneeded. Depression has been connected to a real, physical depletion and neural death of the glial cells in the prefrontal cortex and in the number and length of dendrites in the hippocampus, reducing its size. When your brain has lost the necessary connections to make judgments and motivations literally impossible, thinking your way to health will fail.
I used medication in conjunction with sport, and even a legal course!
I took SSRI seratonian and it really helped for a few months.They stopped me having negative thoughts that were destructive. I came off them myself easily as I wanted ‘life to be real again’. I came off them gradually with my doc. Medication really helped me at my worst, it was the last resort. Talking therapy is helpful.
a brilliant mind needs extreme stimulaiton to fight depression so no wonder Fry hit the cocaine. One week with him would cheer me up no ends !
Hail Mr Fry !
anti-depressants just plaster over the issue but soon the cracks reappear. you become a zombie on them so much so you could end up as a politician if you arn’t careful