Today, without seeing a psychiatrist or mental health professional, millions of people are being prescribed anti depressant drugs. Their medical doctors prescribe drugs without requiring talk therapy. The drugs, and lifelong dependence on them, may be entirely unnecessary.
To get help for depression, do you really need to take drugs? This is a good question to ask, because drugs have side effects, so you want to be approach them carefully.
There isn't an easy yes or no answer to the question of needing antidepressants, because there are different varieties and degrees of depression. Some few types of depression may only respond well to drugs. So it is always good to check with a mental health professional.
And, for most common forms of depression, you may not need anti depressant drugs. Or, if you do, you dont need to take drugs for longer than a few months. The first rule of thumb is generally to see a doctor and talk frankly about your symptoms. If your doctor prescribes anti depressants, make sure to ask how long you should expect to need them. If you get an answer of longer than six months, get a second opinion.
Then, if you are reading this and you have been taking anti depressants for more than six months, be sure that you are getting therapy along with the drugs. Most forms of depression will respond well to talk therapy.
Antidepressants can have serious side effects, like weight gain, problems with sleep, and depressed sex drive. Because of these, you definitely want to avoid lifelong dependence on them if you can.
You can reduce the time you are on antidepressants either by talk therapy, and or alternative natural remedies. Employing these it shouldn't take long to start feeling much better about yourself.
Additionally, there are some ways to cure many forms of depression from home, without expensive psychotherapy or drug dependence. These involve simple nutritional support and learning more emotional intelligence. - 15255
To get help for depression, do you really need to take drugs? This is a good question to ask, because drugs have side effects, so you want to be approach them carefully.
There isn't an easy yes or no answer to the question of needing antidepressants, because there are different varieties and degrees of depression. Some few types of depression may only respond well to drugs. So it is always good to check with a mental health professional.
And, for most common forms of depression, you may not need anti depressant drugs. Or, if you do, you dont need to take drugs for longer than a few months. The first rule of thumb is generally to see a doctor and talk frankly about your symptoms. If your doctor prescribes anti depressants, make sure to ask how long you should expect to need them. If you get an answer of longer than six months, get a second opinion.
Then, if you are reading this and you have been taking anti depressants for more than six months, be sure that you are getting therapy along with the drugs. Most forms of depression will respond well to talk therapy.
Antidepressants can have serious side effects, like weight gain, problems with sleep, and depressed sex drive. Because of these, you definitely want to avoid lifelong dependence on them if you can.
You can reduce the time you are on antidepressants either by talk therapy, and or alternative natural remedies. Employing these it shouldn't take long to start feeling much better about yourself.
Additionally, there are some ways to cure many forms of depression from home, without expensive psychotherapy or drug dependence. These involve simple nutritional support and learning more emotional intelligence. - 15255
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