Posted by bleauberry on September 9, 2009, at 20:55:48
In reply to Was Psychiatry your 'last resort' ?, posted by herpills on September 9, 2009, at 11:47:57
I think psychiatry is probably the first resort for most people. The first stop is usually their routine family MD. That situation can then graduate to a psychiatrist when things aren't going so well. But for a lot of people, their family doc is their first stop, their first experience with psych meds, and their last stop. Many do well.
My personal feeling is that, except in truly incapacitating or deadly situations, psychiatry should be a last resort.
I think what you did trying alternative treatments was the correct thing to do. It is sad that in all that time, money, and effort, you did not find something helpful. In any field of medical treatment, be it natural or pharmaceutical, that is possible outcome.
Germany is an example for this topic. Over there, St Johns Wort is a prescription. We take it for granted here because you can buy it like a vitamin, and that gives the impression that it doesn't have serious potency. In Germany, it is prescribed 6 times more often than SSRIs. When the various herbal strategies don't work, then they resort to drugs.
I'm sure SJW had to be one of those things you tried? What about Rhodiola Rosea? Magnolia Bark? Tumeric? Any antimicrobial herbs, in case your depression was from Candida or an unsuspected infection such as Lyme?
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