Posted by Garnet71 on August 17, 2009, at 19:25:35
In reply to Lack of Motivation, posted by zana on August 17, 2009, at 9:31:56
Thanks for posting that Zana. Glad to see they are researching this; maybe they will invent some more dopamine targeting drugs? (and I won't get 'that look' anymore from some pharmacists and doctors..lol)
I'm questioning lately re drugs being the answer to this issue though....I've been reading a lot of the psychoanalytic journals lately and it seems that people who had a childhood trauma tend to lose their ability to utilze their emotional defense mechanisms when they get older, and life tends to fall apart...and people become more treatment resistant to drugs.
Especially if you've had some disassociation where to deal with the trauma, you emotionally repressed it all, intellectualizing it instead, and sort of became a different person - a person seemingly w/o 'issues'. Well, it wears off eventually and your core issues come back sooner or later.
I had a recent experience with psychodynamic therapy-my insights and reaction were so intense and profound, it was fascinating and eye opening. That's why I'm pursuing this type of therapy with 70 year old, experienced docs with a certain background, and I think I just found the right one. I'll find out sooner or later if this type of therapy will be more or less effective than drugs. I wish I had known about this therapy sooner, a sad regret. I think it's worth exploring for the people here who have such issues.
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