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Originally Posted by Molinit
Just as someone who has observed your posts over the past few months, I feel like you throw yourself into something and then if it doesn't work in a few weeks you abandon it and throw yourself into something else.
I am unsure how someone can be allergic to every single antidepressant? With someone whose depression is as longstanding as yours, medication is your ticket to a more normal life.
Vitamins and exercise aren't going to cure you. Neither will spiritual work or therapy unless you change your thinking pattern.
A way to get out of ruminating about yourself is to help someone by volunteering at a shelter or even Meals on Wheels. Having your attention on someone else and being able to help in a small way make someone else's life better immediately will make yours better.
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Thank you for your comments. I don't know what I have abandoned in the way of recovery. I have been doing DBT for over a year and started CBT again and am doing that. Just because I don't report in every post about something doesn't mean I have abandoned it. You could be more specific. I consistently take care of my physical health. I have engaged a counselor who does phone visits.
Medications aren't for everyone and that should be respected. I respect that others use psych medications because they feel it helps them.
Psych Central is for support. I think you may be out of line saying something like an antidepressant is my ticket to freedom. Are you a doctor? Mental Health Care professional? I am pretty sure telling a member that they should be on medication is going against community forum guidelines.
Some people are definitely allergic to antidepressants. They are potent drugs (I will refrain from saying poison. Ooops. I said it) and no one can even say exactly how they work. Clinical trials have proven that other things are as effective as medication.
Some people have something called treatment resistant depression. Maybe I am one of those people.
Someone with mental health problems should never never never volunteer at a place like a shelter. I was a volunteer/advocate for homeless veterans for 20 years and I would say a shelter is probably the most depressing place in the world. Even the homeless themselves hate it and they absolute hate do-gooder know it all volunteers trying to project codependent vibes. I taught meditation for years at shelters. That meant go in for an hour, teach, and leave. Shelters don't need depressed volunteers hanging out.
People with depression should not volunteer as a kind of treatment for their problems. That is just wrong.
Anyway, you have probably not read my posts all that much because I said I have taken steps to again volunteer with therapy horses in the spring and summer. It gives me motivation to improve. It is not a way to improve.