Posted by Ezekiel on May 8, 2008, at 0:01:45
In reply to Re: Is amineptine (survector) totally extinct?, posted by undopaminergic on May 6, 2008, at 22:15:49
Undopaminergic - true it's not very cost-effective, but perhaps if one looks at it from a different vantage point, then from there maybe it would not be perceived as such a great financial sacrifice.
What I mean is this, what if one opted to cut back on watching movies, buying CD's, habitually eating out (expensive garbage food), eliminating expensive caffeine consumption (triple starbuck's mochas) etc., then $285 per month may become a more reasonable consideration - what is a life free from the despair of depression worth? Can that be quantified? Most of us choose a car payment that is somewhere in the vicinity of $300 a month, we choose this because we perceive a car to be an indispensable part of how we want to live our lives.
Well, what if someone chose to view their AD regimen in that light, i.e., as something indispensable to the quality of their life? TO ME, paying $285 to liberate myself from intractable & relentless depression is very much worth it, but this assumes the medication(s) proved effective.
I think it really reduces to what we as individuals value in this brief span of time we call life, e.g., if one highly values impressing other people, then spending $285 on medication will be seen as excessive, and perhaps even WASTEFUL, since one could have spent that money on expensive clothes or a nicer car to fulfill this personal need - our value judgments largely determine our thoughts & behavior I believe . . . Zeke
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