Thank you Be Holy.
That's braveof you to admit youre on the pills.
Many people are very embarassed of this cause people have created this stigma around it.
I am also on anti-depressants.
My depression was at an unbearable level for a while and my life was hell.
I was not doing anything.
It was horrible.
Now I still have depression here and there but it's much easier to cope.
Depression generally really hurts our performance in life.
We should do what we can to help deal with it and live past it.
I think anyone who has serious depression should talk to a psychiatrist and consider this option.
After all,Hashem gave us the depression,and Hashem puts the pills out there to help us deal.
Do we have an excuse not to take them?!

Being on medication is validation!
Meds only help when its a chemical issue, not psychological.
Just as a diabetic takes insulin to control sugar levels, one with chemical depression takes antidepressants to control chemical and hormones.
As medical and unembarrassing as diabetics.
Period

Mom,

Maybe for the first time ever....

Im gonna have to disagree with you.
Chemical.
Phycological.

Doesn't make a difference.
You do what you can to heal it.
But sometimes it's just overwhelming.
And the alternative sucks!
So I vote medication.
But it must be alongside therapy.
That goes without saying.

P.S. - Sorry.I know I just broke one of the Big Ten  :-[

I am not sure which one of you is correct when the problem is not a chemical one.

there was a 3 month period at one point where I was in bad shape and somehow I pulled through but I always wondered whether I should have taken medication then.

Like Uri said,it can be very overwhelming.

What would have happened if I wouldn't have survived it.

Was it irresponsible not taking the medication at that time?

Was it ego-It's below me to be dependant on anything but myself?

Was is being brave-let's rely just on Hashem and nothing else?

I'm not sure.

I don't think I will ever be sure.

and I hope I don't experience that ever again 


 

Uri wrote on 01 Oct 2009 18:04:


What part are we disagreeing on?

Guys,
with all due respect,
I am not one myself,
but there are people,
professionals,
who make these decisions.
Psychiatrists...
And, no, I don't think
it is pashut in any sense of the word.
Psychology is complex.
Our bodies are complex.
B"H, pilay pla'im.

7Up wrote on 01 Oct 2009 18:32:


I was wondering the same thing...

7Up wrote on 01 Oct 2009 18:02:


on that

Uri wrote on 01 Oct 2009 18:39:


Doesnt the psychological set off the chemical and sometimes visa versa.
Okay, maybe we need Guard and Rabbi Dr Twerski on this one

What Uri is saying is that even when the dep. is psychological, he is for taking meds to help the fellow get over it.

Uri, start a poll...
(just kidding)

thank you kutan

check out my new thread in "what works for me"

kutan shel hachabura wrote on 01 Oct 2009 18:45:


I am dfefinitely not disagreeing. Meds saved my life when I went through a serious post partum depression

kutan shel hachabura wrote on 01 Oct 2009 18:45:


That can also be very dangerous and damaging
and I think it's important to stress here
that it is clear that psychiatric advice
is crucial in this matter.

The above is not an agreement
or disagreement of anything aforementioned.