Posted by Meltingpot on July 2, 2009, at 15:26:03
In reply to Re: ECT » SLS, posted by Zeba on July 2, 2009, at 0:26:16
Zeba,
So are you saying that somebody who is suffering from depression with daily, hourly, minute by minute suicidal thoughts might benefit from herbal therapies or accupuncture?
I know a lot of people on this board think herbal therapies and alternative treatments have a place, maybe they help to kill time whilst the person is waiting for the drug to kick in but to even suggest that they might help as a stand alone therapy is, in my view, dangerous condescending. People waste so much time and money on these things and it makes me so angry.
If you think that herbal therapies and accupuncture are helpful as stand alone treatments then to be honest I would not take heed of your opinion on anything. Some people I know who can't get out of bed with their depression would laugh at your suggestion of exercise!
I know that talk therapy has helped you and like I said before you obviously had issues that needed to be talked about but many people with depression do NOT have psychological issues that need to be addressed and for them therapy is useless, it's only helps in the sense that it gives a person a chance (once a week) to vent.
Denise
Denise
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