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Re: Posters on this board

Posted by Gabbi-x-2 on March 11, 2005, at 11:11:58

In reply to Re: Posters on this board » alexandra_k, posted by Maximus on March 10, 2005, at 7:59:50

> Are
> 1) you
> 2) posters on this board (in your opinion)
> Specifically wanting a MEDICATION or DRUG as an answer?

> suggesting a psychological rather than medication way of dealing with that symptom.


> I guess I was wondering whether people are open to a variety of suggestions or if people have already made their mind up that some DRUG must be the answer

> (this is after all the medications board I suppose).


>>Your use of capitals for the word "drug" comes across to me as pejorative.

That put me off too, I think part of the hostility, to the way the question is posed is that "the posters on this board" are as a whole fairly well informed of their options, and have carefully chosen medication. There is enough nagging and stigma about depression medication everywhere else when I hear it on babble it's like "oh man, not here too" When I had my first bout of depression, I did try therapy, and it could no more have lifted the depression, than it could have convinced me I enjoyed the sensation of being burned alive.

When I felt better I have wanted therapy to prevent relapse, and to learn to better navigate through the depression, but cannot afford it. That's another issue, not everyone can afford therapy, and though it shouldn't bother me, it does, when people assume everyone can just afford to "get a therapist." Sure some work on a sliding scale, but until groceries are also on a sliding scale, even 30.00 a month is out of the question for me. My medication is paid for, therapy is not.

Relaxation techniques make me anxious by association.. Pavlov's dog response, and C.B.T makes me want to spit nails, it only works because it temporarily replaces my depression with annoyance, and occasional disgust. My personal favorite C.B.T technique -- Tell myself I'm not anxious I'm excited. Yes and I'm not being kidnapped I'm meeting new people and on an exciting adventure to the unknown..
I think people like to be given credit for making considered decisions about something as serious as medication, and I know I get very tired of people questioning it, when they can't possibly ask anything I haven't asked myself.


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