[andria]

Depression pills and how much harm they can do to you

[Krs]

Well it depends, how often you take them? Why did doc prescribe to you? How long for? What pills?
There's a lot to consider

[J_9]

There are many different medications for depression. They all have good and bad effects. One must also take into consideration the amount prescribed and the particular diagnosis they are prescribed for.

I need more info to help you better.

What is the med? How much was prescribed? How often is it taken?

[jurplesman]

I believe that if drugs are prescribed for depression, it should be for fairly serious depression. It should be under close medical supervision. We should realize that drugs usually mask or treat the symptoms, not the causes of depression.

The underlying causes of depression are largely still a mystery to most professionals. It is believed by many that drugs allows a person to have time out to look at "psychological" aspects of depression that are seen as the "real" causes of depression.

I do not agree with this as most forms of depression are biological in nature and needs biological treatment before any attempt at psychotherapy.

This is supported by a group of psychiatrists who found that only about 40% of patients received some benefit from either drug and/or psychotherapy, leaving 60% of patients with "treatment resistant depression". See: Insel TR (2006).

If we want to improve treatment options we have to look at alternatives.

The connection between metabolic and nutritional disorder is one such alternative.

Please read:

Depression: a Disease of Energy Production

[J_9]

Another article written by you. Can you please give more scholarly articles that support your theory other than your own?

Diet can be a good adjunctive therapy, one that works well in conjunction with medication. But, just like meds, does not always work as a stand-alone cure.

[pumibel]

A good place to start looking at meds is crazymeds.com. The people who built the forum are all experienced psychiatric patients who have taken hundreds of different medications and have many years of experience living with mental illness. Some have disorders, like Autism, that are not related to mental illness, as well. There are thousands of members. They post their experiences with their medications and share advice, etc. You can find out if your side effect is common to the drug by reading other people's posts.

I am not ashamed of the fact I take meds- they saved my life. I never want to be in that dark hole of depression again. It is good to have that option when therapy will take too long for results. Years of pain cannot go away in one hour of talking. A pill to balance you could keep you from killing yourself until you start to respond to talk therapy.

It is a very personal and individual decision.

[jurplesman]

Another article written by you. Can you please give more scholarly articles that support your theory other than your own?

Diet can be a good adjunctive therapy, one that works well in conjuction with medication. But, just like meds, does not always work as a stand-alone cure.

Please read:

Hypoglycemia and Depression and

Studies Showing connection between Depression and Insulin Resistance

[J_9]

Again a bunch of lists. You do not point to an absolute website. You expect us to pick or choose only your own info.

While I understand that hypoglycemia does exist and is a big problem in today's society, it is not a cure-all to EVERY mental/physical problem as you seem to preach it is.

[jurplesman]

You want evidence and when you get it it is too much or too little. You state the obvious about the diet not being a cure-all. How do you know that it is not a "cure-all"? What's the evidence? Do you think it's is all in the mind is a cure-all?