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Originally Posted by sophiesmom
It used to be a place for support...there is still some support, but I hear a lot of bad things about doctors, research and drugs.
If it works, if you think it works, then it works....no matter what it is. Or is not.
Please stop. I know about self care...I just think that this goes past self care. I have alienated myself from this site, but still need support..
Where can I go?
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Hear you! Some people have had bad experiences with docs and meds. May be the best would have been if they, looking for alternatives, had posted in the "Other Treatment's" forum. People who come here for he first time need to feel secure. If one learns by reading negative description about that docs and meds are "no good", one can become tempted to not try these and by avoiding them, missing beneficial treatment opportunities.
In my opinion, people who have become depressed for the first time should always start with visiting a doctor and use the prescribed drugs. New people should learn that it can take around 6 weeks before the meds works and that the same medication don't work for all and by knowing so be willing to try another medication if the first one don't help. Many will be be helped by going to a psychologist or psychiatrist as well.
To jump off the usual regime for alternative treatment should first be done if traditional treatment has been tied for a period and has shown no effects.
Glad you presented this topic. Depression is a serious illness and people who enter the forum should be comforted.
