Is it better to take medicine for depression
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Mental Health
2007-11-15 19:02:31
Good luck l hope you feel better soon.
Yes it as a very good answer to talk with a therapist. It may help to get information about the problems that you are having dificulty with and day-to-day situations. Sometimes depression may be caused by a chemical inbalance within the brain. Antidepressants are helpful in those situations. This will be something that you would like to consider after discussions with your therapist. Antidepressants work quite well for some persons.Just because you may decide that you may need to take medications, it doesnot mean you are crazy, Continue meeting with a therapist. Also remember that even with taking medication, you would continue your therapy sessions.
It depends whats causing the depression, how long has it been. I think its normal to have a little depression every now and then. Sometimes we get bored, we feel we're getting older and "the good years" have passed us by.
I am never a fan of medication, and see it as a last resort. Look at what study you will, most of the chemists who make these drugs repackage them with new names when they dont sell. Basically, they dont even know what the drugs REALLY do. They SEEM to help this problem, or that problem, but the evidence is not entirely conclusive. Simply stimulating seratonin can have a positive or negative effect, depending on your personal chemistry.
I'll make this last point; Ask people who take drugs to "help" mood disorders: Do you meditate? Commonly, and not surprising, the answer is NO or I dont think that works or "I dont have the time."