Thank you for your extended comment. I truly appreciate the time you took to respond to me. The doctor i saw wasn’t aware that I had taken antidepressants before nor did he ask much of my history, but just decided that I should try one of the newest drugs on the market. I’m guessing that a drug rep recently visited him and sung its prais…
Thank you for your extended comment. I truly appreciate the time you took to respond to me. The doctor i saw wasn’t aware that I had taken antidepressants before nor did he ask much of my history, but just decided that I should try one of the newest drugs on the market. I’m guessing that a drug rep recently visited him and sung its praises. I saw that happen a lot through my years of being in medical practices.
This:
"Another path that has not been discussed is what is truly depression? We are so quick to slap a depression diagnosis on someone without assessing for what is behind it. …
and keep throwing more meds at them."
No pill can resolve people’s life problems without talk therapy being included. I was lucky to find 2 excellent therapists who worked with me on mine and I will always be grateful for them. And I ‘recovered' without any meds after taking myself off them. I don’t recommend the way I did it though.
Weren’t the problems with SSRIs known to Pfizer before the FDA approved them, but they kept it hidden from doctors and especially the people who got prescribed them? And even after the FDA found out about it they have done nothing to inform us?
Kudos.
"So at this point, I don’t use them much at all."
I will look into the book and video. Yes that young lady was very courageous in answering the question.
Thank you for your extended comment. I truly appreciate the time you took to respond to me. The doctor i saw wasn’t aware that I had taken antidepressants before nor did he ask much of my history, but just decided that I should try one of the newest drugs on the market. I’m guessing that a drug rep recently visited him and sung its praises. I saw that happen a lot through my years of being in medical practices.
This:
"Another path that has not been discussed is what is truly depression? We are so quick to slap a depression diagnosis on someone without assessing for what is behind it. …
and keep throwing more meds at them."
No pill can resolve people’s life problems without talk therapy being included. I was lucky to find 2 excellent therapists who worked with me on mine and I will always be grateful for them. And I ‘recovered' without any meds after taking myself off them. I don’t recommend the way I did it though.
Weren’t the problems with SSRIs known to Pfizer before the FDA approved them, but they kept it hidden from doctors and especially the people who got prescribed them? And even after the FDA found out about it they have done nothing to inform us?
Kudos.
"So at this point, I don’t use them much at all."
I will look into the book and video. Yes that young lady was very courageous in answering the question.
Thanks again.