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Feb 04, 2015, 09:55 AM
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I've been 2 years suffering from depression and anorexia, but started treatment on last August, and nothing seems to get better. I'm still underweight, i still fear eating, I'm hopeless about the future, today i even admitted to my psychiatrist that i've given up on people and i don't see why i should try to get better. She gave me another appointment in 15 days, to let me think. Do you think i should ask for medication? Therapy isn't helping much. Did you ask your doctor for it, or was him/her who said you could use it? The voice of actually wanting to get better is getting quieter as months pass.
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Feb 04, 2015, 10:28 AM
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Medication could make all the difference for you. I'd give it a try.
Best of luck, moogs
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Feb 04, 2015, 11:49 AM
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Yes
 meds have helped me a lot during my battles.
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Feb 04, 2015, 04:20 PM
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Thank you. But, let me ask you one more question, did you ask your doctor if you could take any meds or was him/her who brought the topic up? I don't want to annoy her, as if i was telling her how to do her job... Should i just say how i feel and she'd bring that up? Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk |
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Feb 04, 2015, 06:13 PM
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I was prescribed it. If therapy is not helping, then your depression might be more physically based. In that case, medication is the way to go.
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Feb 04, 2015, 10:58 PM
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If you think you might benefit from medication I'd talk to your doc about it.
I went to a therapist because I wasn't sleeping and couldn't stop moving or keep track of my thoughts. She sent me to a pdoc who recommended meds BC I was suicidal and very sleep deprived. So it was more someone recommending it to me. But there's nothing wrong with initiating a conversation with your doc about it! Take care of yourself
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Feb 05, 2015, 02:15 AM
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Thank you so much, i guess i'll talk with her about how therapy isn't helping and she'll decide what to do.  Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk |
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Feb 05, 2015, 04:55 AM
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You can always ask :-) Meds (and therapy) have yet to help me for anything besides sleeping better, but I know of other people who have been helped a lot by them.
If you're scared you'll come over as telling her how to do her job, you can always ask a little more ambiguously such as "Isn't there anything else we can try" or something similar. Good luck! Let us know how it went.
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Feb 05, 2015, 10:37 AM
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Thank you, i will think and actually write down some stuff, and i'll put here how it went if i don't forget  ️Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk |
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