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Originally Posted by arachnophobia.kid
Once you are set up with a new therapist maybe you should think about asking him/her about weening yourself off medication. In my opinion medication is a crutch. I feel it would be good for you to try and develop healthier coping skills and healthier relationships. You mentioned that you used to be outgoing and you loved seeing people but become a recluse. I would suggest trying to reach out again, start loving people and loving life again.
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Thank you for your thoughtful reply! <3
I don't agree that medication is a crutch for all people. The pain that I feel comes from somewhere, because it also feels physically painful. I liken it to not just what we all know as "typical" depression, but adding in nerve pain - but flowing throughout my body and there is nothing I can do but feel it until it passes. It's bizarre, horrible, and impossible to understand if you have never experienced this kind of pain (I am not suggesting in any way that you have not experienced this kind of pain). I have not yet learned how to cope with that and function, without medication but maybe someday I will be able to. I think everyone who takes it would like to be able to do that, too! It's expensive to be this way!
Agree coping properly is huge. If I had coped with my initially mild depression and anxiety in a better way I likely would not be in this situation. I am working on a volunteer opportunity once a week beginning later this month, which will get me out of the house again. Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by garden gal
I've grown to believe over 10 years of struggling with depression that a combination of meds, therapy, and holistic approaches (diet, exercise, supplements) is the most helpful approach for me... and that it doesn't have to be one or the other.
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Thanks. Yes. I feel like that is likely going to be the best for me too, especially at this time in life.
I can't help but believe that the deep depression that landed me in the hospital was either a, a side effect from switching to an SSRI from an SNRI or b, I simply can't function due to clinical depression without being on some form of medication whatever that may be.
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"Seasonal Defective Disorder." It was all I could do to keep from rolling my eyes.
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Wow.
Thank you guys for replying, it has really helped.