magic pills

I am convinced a person's mood and mental capacity is determined entirely by their chemical make-up of seratonin, dopamine, neuropenefron, and whatever other chemicals are in our brain (I'm not a neurologist). From my experience in taking the following psychiatric drugs: Prozac, Lexipro, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Zyprexa, Risperdol, Abilifi, Ridilin, and Aderal I have concluded that as long as I fuck with the balance in my brain I will experience different moods and mental capacities accordingly.

For example, the chemical balance that prozac creates in my brain must be another person's natural chemical balance. How else could there be happy people without drugs? And here I must classify two types of depression, which many people do not understand. One type of depression is rational. It is the result of an unfortunate event or experience - by external factors. The other type is not rational at all. It is the result merely of a person's chemical make-up. They could have just won the lottery, but if their levels of seratonin are that low they will be depressed for reasons out of their control. But luckily we have solved the problem! Medicate! Let's all be happy, industrious, balanced people until we conform into the same person.

Another example is Ridilin. I naturally do not have an inclination to read. I wish I could, but the number of books I've actually finished is too embarrassing to say. But luckily there's a wonderful little pill that makes whatever I'm reading so interesting that I forget anything outside its pages exists. I know many people who love to read. So they must have a natural chemical balance similar to that which Ridilin creates in my brain. Now, I know that reducing a person to these terms - saying that they are who they are because of those neuron reactions - is a loose explanation, but let us focus solely on "mood" and "mental capacity." I am not making this argument for personality, although there probably is some overlap. We can completely medicate our mood with anti-depressants, stimulants, and mood "stabilizers," like Lithium. When I refer to "mental capacity" I mean a person's ability to concentrate, think rationally (distinguish delusion from reality), and express themselves.

So, the moral of this entry is that a person's character should not be judged according to their mood and mental capacity because they are factors out of their control. The End.