| Interview Q. What has been the biggest surprise about the response to “This is not about Prozac”? A. There is nothing in particular, which could qualify as a surprise. And I didn’t expect any. The initial idea of this E-book was to help people to overcome their mental problems, which they’ve had in many cases for more than a decade. It is a long and complicated process. Once in a while I’m having in my Emails testimonials that my book helped to overcome major depression in two weeks. I am skeptical however reading these notes. Q. What's your best advice to someone in a suicide crisis? A. My advice will be a very trivial one. To anyone who is suffering that badly: Please take a couple of hours every day and read as much as you can about depression. Q. Depression chat rooms? A. Not in particular. The overwhelming majority of visitors there are depression sufferers themselves, chatting with them wouldn’t be mush beneficial. Q. Is there a medicine, which could be considered as a universal for all of the depression sufferers? A. At this point there is no such magic pill. All of the antidepressants have been shown to work to some extend. Unfortunately, they don’t work equally for everybody. Finding the right antidepressant is something of a chemistry experiment – trying to match the chemistry of the medication with the user’s unique brain chemistry, which is one of the unexplored comparing with other organs. General rule is - if one antidepressant therapy doesn't work, you should try another. Q. It means more pills, more experiments with various medicines with various side effects? A. Unfortunately, side effects like weight gain and withdrawal difficulties are reported with SSRI’s and Tricyclic Antidepressants as well. It means only two things: -- We have no choice (especially dealing with severely depressed people), so we have to choose the smaller of a two evils -- The withdrawal period must be paid prominent attention. Actually the withdrawal plan must be drafted even before one will start with any antidepressant. I dedicated the entire chapter to this subject in my E-book. Q. How do I know if one is in a bad mood or he is experiencing Depression? A. That’s actually a major question when initial conversation about the subject is started. For long period of time I looked at many things through prism of my “bad mood”, or at least I was thinking that way. Now I know that my “bad mood” in combination with other major symptoms was a Depression as it is defined. Depression in its most severe form (which we call a Major Depressive Episode) is a serious disorder that requires treatment. You may be experiencing a Major Depressive Episode if your depressed mood lasts for at least two weeks or you lose interest or pleasure in nearly all of your activities. |
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