[drunksunflower]

doing some reading because ... i don't really know. just am, there is a lot i don't know about d-word.

"The average length of depression, if left untreated is 8 months."

I wonder if it is ... waiting it out is an option ... i wonder if it would come back if one did.

i feel like i am obsessing over taking meds because i so don't want to do it.

maybe waiting ... better ... i dunno.

sigh.

link:

http://www.clinical-depression.co.uk...n/treating.htm

[withit]

Thanks for the link, dsf!

[drunksunflower]

yea ... I dunno how credible what they are saying is ... just made me think i guess

sorry i am just having a crappy i don't like me day and am thinking about all the negatives about anything - lol.

[Direction]

I didn't look at the link - but the thought occured that leaving it untreated could lead one down a path that allows them to make a permanent choice to a temporary issue?

[drunksunflower]

You mean just acclimatizing to feeling like crap so it becomes 'normalised'?

I dunno.

I was sort of thinking if it took 8 months for it to go AWAY then maybe that's better than messing round with meds BS. I dunno *shrug*

[Danialla]

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I didn't look at the link - but the thought occured that leaving it untreated could lead one down a path that allows them to make a permanent choice to a temporary issue?

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As in suicide...... I know I couldn't wait 8 months for relief, medication is the route for me.

Sometimes even the medication doesn't work. (Experience talking) but depression is a serious illness. Left untreated you might not make it. At least let a doctor or a therapist help you with the decision. You don't have to go back.

[drunksunflower]

I have celexa ... just hate the concept of taking stuff.

I am determined to stick with it this time ... but then I read something like that and think, well for the time I have procrastinated taking anything, plus the time they take to start working ... maybe another few months isn't such a big deal.

Being rational, I would like to know the validity of that claim - 8 months of feeling crap is the norm, then it will 'go away'?

Hmmmm ...

Yeah. It does take a long time for the meds to start working. It seems to take ages for doctor to work out the dosage. Too much, too little. I can understand why you sometimes question the whole process. Especially if the depression will go away normally. Just doesn't always make sense does it.

[drunksunflower]

EXACTLY.

For me stuff seems to work quite fast but then I have the okay i'm fine now reaction kick in ... then i stop ... then i get blah again after a while ... maybe i would be better to let it run its course naturally ... lol.

you know how they say stupid people are people who don't learn from their mistakes? i feel like i must be one of those people in regards to this ...

it would be so cool if it would go away normally.

thanks for your posts.

[meander]

Sunflower,

I'm not sure about the average person but... I made the choice when I was first diagnosed not to go on meds. This was basically me being a stubborn 18 year old in denial, but also I had a friend in high school who went through the meds nightmare some people have with the cocktails of drugs to curtail the side effects of the other drugs... and it scared me.

I did go to counselling though, and it got better. Bad days are fewer and fewer, though it does come back with a vengeance at times. I'm going it alone at the moment, but go back to counselling at the bad times.

So thinking about it like that, it seems to be a six months on, six months off thing with me. Maybe meds would solve it, but I'm still wary. I've told myself I will when I have more bad days (by that I mean horribly horribly bad hurting myself days) than normal days. But of course everyone's different and I think there are probably many different treatments that will work. Good luck with yours, and remember (just like the cheesy TV ads on at the moment) there is a way through... Hope it gets better.

-Meander

[nothemama8]

IMHO depressions like a toothache ya never know when it's going to hit or for how long the meds help stay on them
Angie

[Wants2Fly]

I have been a depressive most of my life. I do not believe that episodes just "go away." When things are running better in my life and I am financially stable, I can turn away from low-level depression. When life is not stable, I tend to fall back in the pit.

For me, depression is more like diabetes than a cold: it has to be managed. A low dose of an antidepressant helps; a larger dose does not produce any greater improvement.

ive been untreated for longer than 8mnths i dont see it going away

hmmmmm

[drunksunflower]

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Sunflower,

I'm not sure about the average person but... I made the choice when I was first diagnosed not to go on meds. This was basically me being a stubborn 18 year old in denial, but also I had a friend in high school who went through the meds nightmare some people have with the cocktails of drugs to curtail the side effects of the other drugs... and it scared me.

I did go to counselling though, and it got better. Bad days are fewer and fewer, though it does come back with a vengeance at times. I'm going it alone at the moment, but go back to counselling at the bad times.

So thinking about it like that, it seems to be a six months on, six months off thing with me. Maybe meds would solve it, but I'm still wary. I've told myself I will when I have more bad days (by that I mean horribly horribly bad hurting myself days) than normal days. But of course everyone's different and I think there are probably many different treatments that will work. Good luck with yours, and remember (just like the cheesy TV ads on at the moment) there is a way through... Hope it gets better.

-Meander

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thanks ... and i hope it gets better for you too.

haha you made me giggle with the ads comment :> terrible aren't they! i know someone who did some of the research behind them and while i think she is a great researcher i ... don't like how the agency interpreted her recommendations hehe.