Posted by deniseuk190466 on June 5, 2007, at 11:56:59
In reply to Re: Depression is not a chemical inbalance, posted by Iansf on June 4, 2007, at 23:07:46
I agree but it is when meds, therapy don't work properly that the patient is left with this nagging self doubt and is made to feel worse when certain so called experts are so emphatic in their views.
I recently attended a day care centre where they seemed to hold the view that anyone who wasn't bipolar or Schitzophrenic but just depressed and anxious wasn't suffering from a legitimate illness that should be treated with medication.
The Professor who ran the day care centre told one lady with depression/anxiety that she was on far too much medication (she was on a tricyclic, a small amount of Lorazepam and a small amount of Zyprexa) and that most of his colleagues would not treat her because she was on too much. I don't think that made her feel too good. He also told her that she needed to go out and find a job (what she told me anyway. Now this lady had been quite happy as a housewife for many years, it was only when she came off meds and had a relapse and tried to go on them again but they didn't work as well that she ended up having to go to this Day Care Centre. My question is "why should this lady have to suddenly make dramatic life changes in order to try and fight this depression/anxiety when there are lots of happy housewifes out there who don't have to suddenly change their lives.
For myself, I don't want to have to cope with my depression or cope with my anxiety, I just don't want it full stop and I will continue to search for medical treatments. I am doing therapy as well but if that doesn't work then I don't want to feel that in some way I was at fault for it not working or that I wasn't trying hard enough.
Denise
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