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How did Americans cope before Ritalin, anti-anxiety medicine, medication for depression, etc...

NFS4

NFS4

No Lifer
How did Americans cope before there were medications available to take care of just about any kind of chemical imbalance???
 
suicide. When we started the whole "prevent suicide and council the patient" thing, we got in the way of darwinism. 🙂
 
well, there were just a lot less people getting high off pills.

Yea, i take d-amphetemene for my 'chemical inbalance' pffft
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
How did Americans cope before there were medications available to take care of just about any kind of chemical imbalance???
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1. Suicide
2. Go to war and become a hero
3.Become dictator of some country
4. Become an artist
 
They wouldn't be plagued with these problems because they aren't as stupid and believe everything they see on T.V. Personally I think much of it is a crock of sh!t, of course there are exceptions, and people just need to stop being so pessimistic and getting down over the littlest things and take some damn control over themselves.
 
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
they embraced Scientology...
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Hehe, Tom Cruise's comments are what sparked this thread. I normally don't listen to that celebrity bullsh!t, but after hearing his comments, I was like yeah...what's up wit dat? 😀
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
they embraced Scientology...
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Hehe, Tom Cruise's comments are what sparked this thread. I normally don't listen to that celebrity bullsh!t, but after hearing his comments, I was like yeah...what's up wit dat? 😀
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he's off his meds....
 
Originally posted by: cobalt
They wouldn't be plagued with these problems because they aren't as stupid and believe everything they see on T.V. Personally I think much of it is a crock of sh!t, of course there are exceptions, and people just need to stop being so pessimistic and getting down over the littlest things and take some damn control over themselves.
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You are so naive. I was depressed for years. I'm certainly not one to believe what I see on TV and I was one of those people who never thought he had a problem. But I felt like crap every day for no reason at all. I had the feeling that something really bad has happened even though nothing was wrong in my life. I knew nothing was wrong, but it didn't stop the dreadful feeling from setting in every day.

Somewhat against my will, my parents put me on antidepressants. Prozac helped a lot, and I took that for years. Finally I felt that I didn't need it anymore and I was ok.

I did nothing to bring these feelings on, and I did nothing to make them go away. Nothing real changed. Just got lucky I guess. I'd probably think it would be impossible for someone to feel this way for no reason, if I didn't experience it myself.

So yes, having a brain chemical imbalance is very real.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
they embraced Scientology...
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Hehe, Tom Cruise's comments are what sparked this thread. I normally don't listen to that celebrity bullsh!t, but after hearing his comments, I was like yeah...what's up wit dat? 😀
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Although mental illness existed in the past, people either got no help for depression, or it was misdiagnosed. Only the severely mentally ill were dealt with. Even today, there is a stigma to the term 'mental illness', as anyone taking an SSRI like paxil or zoloft can attest, they have a mental illness.

I would also conjecture that there was less mental illness in the past. Today's pressure on people is greater (IMO), than then. There is the constant barrage of media images that make people compare themselves to celebrities, career pressures, dysfunctional families, families that live far apart etc. My family doctor once told me that 6 out of 10 patients she sees every day is for stress / anxiety / depression.

 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: cobalt
They wouldn't be plagued with these problems because they aren't as stupid and believe everything they see on T.V. Personally I think much of it is a crock of sh!t, of course there are exceptions, and people just need to stop being so pessimistic and getting down over the littlest things and take some damn control over themselves.
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You are so naive. I was depressed for years. I'm certainly not one to believe what I see on TV and I was one of those people who never thought he had a problem. But I felt like crap every day for no reason at all. I had the feeling that something really bad has happened even though nothing was wrong in my life. I knew nothing was wrong, but it didn't stop the dreadful feeling from setting in every day.

Somewhat against my will, my parents put me on antidepressants. Prozac helped a lot, and I took that for years. Finally I felt that I didn't need it anymore and I was ok.

I did nothing to bring these feelings on, and I did nothing to make them go away. Nothing real changed. Just got lucky I guess. I'd probably think it would be impossible for someone to feel this way for no reason, if I didn't experience it myself.

So yes, having a brain chemical imbalance is very real.
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Have you seen Garden State?
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: cobalt
They wouldn't be plagued with these problems because they aren't as stupid and believe everything they see on T.V. Personally I think much of it is a crock of sh!t, of course there are exceptions, and people just need to stop being so pessimistic and getting down over the littlest things and take some damn control over themselves.
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You are so naive. I was depressed for years. I'm certainly not one to believe what I see on TV and I was one of those people who never thought he had a problem. But I felt like crap every day for no reason at all. I had the feeling that something really bad has happened even though nothing was wrong in my life. I knew nothing was wrong, but it didn't stop the dreadful feeling from setting in every day.

Somewhat against my will, my parents put me on antidepressants. Prozac helped a lot, and I took that for years. Finally I felt that I didn't need it anymore and I was ok.

I did nothing to bring these feelings on, and I did nothing to make them go away. Just got lucky I guess. I'd probably think it would be impossible for someone to feel this way for no reason, if I didn't experience it myself.
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I'm sorry if I didn't use the right words. I used to be "depressed" and I know many of my friends who were. And some had very genuine problems but others didn't because they allowed some things to effect them when it really shouldn't of. Thats where I get the way I feel from because I used to be like that until I got a hold of myself.
 
There is some truth in his crazed ranting 🙂

Remember when paxil came out? Until they had a drug to sell you, "Social Anxiety Disorder" did not exist.

They created the "illness" of feeling anxiety in social situations (which is perfectly healthy), funded studies to show how widespread of a problem it was, and wrote and planted articles on "SAD" in major newspapers. The Seattle Times ran a pre-written story on the epidemic on their front page.

It's exactly the same con job as when Hallmark invents new holidays to sell cards and gifts, except they're selling a legalized drug addiction.

Ooops, time for my lithium . . . .
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: cobalt
They wouldn't be plagued with these problems because they aren't as stupid and believe everything they see on T.V. Personally I think much of it is a crock of sh!t, of course there are exceptions, and people just need to stop being so pessimistic and getting down over the littlest things and take some damn control over themselves.
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You are so naive. I was depressed for years. I'm certainly not one to believe what I see on TV and I was one of those people who never thought he had a problem. But I felt like crap every day for no reason at all. I had the feeling that something really bad has happened even though nothing was wrong in my life. I knew nothing was wrong, but it didn't stop the dreadful feeling from setting in every day.

Somewhat against my will, my parents put me on antidepressants. Prozac helped a lot, and I took that for years. Finally I felt that I didn't need it anymore and I was ok.

I did nothing to bring these feelings on, and I did nothing to make them go away. Nothing real changed. Just got lucky I guess. I'd probably think it would be impossible for someone to feel this way for no reason, if I didn't experience it myself.

So yes, having a brain chemical imbalance is very real.
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Have you seen Garden State?
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He takes lithium in Gardn State

Excellent movie BTW
 
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