Clinical depression and suicide ?
Q.One day Armand went home and committed suicide with the drugs the psychiatric profession had prescribed for him.
A.You obviously don't know the difference between depression and schizophrenia. And yes, 20 years ago, the best medical treatment for either affliction was inadequate, at best. Today, there are treatments for both maladies that are much more effective than were ever available before. But for you to insist, based on your uninformed, anecdotal opinions, that these treatments are worthless and/or harmful is the height of malice. Your God should be ashamed of you. I agree with Lyndi. I would be willing to bet that the medication that souded like "octane" was actually Navane, which is an anti-psychotic medication usually given to people experiencing hallucinations and/or delusions. doesn't sound like clinical depression as much as it does schizophrenia. But since neither you or I are doctors all either of us can do is guess as to what was wrong with this guy. Thankfully, you didn't try any of your voodoo on him, or you might have faced charges in his death. now here is where Ted demonstrates he has no idea what the heck he is talking about. Sounds as if he is trying to recount the story of a psychotic person who must take anti-psychotic drugs (Navane) in order to avoid delusions (hearing voices). AA never claimed to be able to help what is generally accepted by any MD worth his salt as being an organic imbalance in the brain. Don't believe me, Ted? Ever seen a pet scan of a normal brain next to a Pet scan of a Schizophrenic (and it is generally schizophrenics that get prescribed Navane, not people who are merely depressed) - the pet scan looks VERY different for a schizophrenic, Ted. there is MUCH more activity in the mid-brain. Navane is the only psychotropic drug I can thing of that sounds like "octane"... and it isn't given to depressed folks as a rule (it tends to exacerbate depression). It is given to psychotic people. If that is what your friend was on, there is no way his diagnosis was mere depression.
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