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I have always hated the diabetes comparison, but I understand why it is used. It demonstrates that there are necessary behavioural modifications and, at times, medication may be necessary as well.
I know that the "chemical imbalance" theory is not shared by all mental health professionals anymore. I know that my psychiatrist does not believe that depression and bipolar are that simple. I think, baring severe, life-threatening, symptoms or psychosis, it is preferable to try behavioural modifications first, as well as cognitive strategies. I do think that it can be necessary to use meds, but not immediately.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!
---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859.
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