Posted by Deniseuk190466 on April 28, 2007, at 15:26:40
In reply to Re: To Viking » Deniseuk190466, posted by Viking on April 28, 2007, at 6:56:30
Viking,
I think I know what your saying but I still believe that the medication was the key to your success and not the therapy. The therapy might give you some insight yes but without the medication then the therapy means nothing.
I know what you mean because before I ever started meds (years ago) I used to just concentrate on working to distract myself. I often felt tense and uptight and didn't want to interact with other people. Then at the the age of 24 when I was getting worse my Doctor put me on prothiaden and it was like stepping into a whole new world.
Because I suddenly felt relaxed and more at ease with myself I became relaxed and at ease with others, more talkative and friendly. This then enables you to be able to speak your mind to other people without the inner aggression, anxieity and frustrations (that go along with depression) coming out too.
I get annoyed because I believe people often get better with medication and then delude themselves into somehow thinking the therapy has given them this great insight and that the therapy has been what has helped them the most. Maybe in some cases. But I believe in many cases people just don't like the fact that they are reliant on medication and they like to think maybe they could have done it on their own with therapy alone.
Denise
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