I find I'm constantly bring told that you shouldn't rely on anti depressants and they aren't a miracle cure blah blah blah to get well again, but what is so wrong when your severely depressed and suffering from anxiety to at least rest some of the only hope you have to anti depressants making you feel better.
I know I have to do things to help myself like having things to do and not staying in bed all day but when your desperate to feel better is it not ok to think "at least the medication will help me get better".
When I relapse which I have 6 times now and this bout being by far the worst in 23 years I get so despondent, upset, anxious and have thoughts of suicide and I do rely on the anti depressants to get me to a point where I can pick myself up, what's so wrong with that? Psychiatrist telling me " you reliant on the medication" yes I am why else would I take them, you rely on medication to clear a stubborn or troublesome infection.
Now I probably don't help myself enough but I try my best, I tend to "shut down" when I'm suffering with anxiety and depression, going for a swim is so hard, cleaning up the house is a chore whether your depressed and anxious or not but I do them, I don't stay in bed all day, I get up and have a wash and a shave even though I don't want too, I even go for a walk once or twice a week but having said that I still "rely" on the meds to get me well again, what's so wrong with that?
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I think what they're saying when they say that you're relying on anti depressants is that they want you to learn to cope yourself. I know that makes no sense so I'll give you an example. when I was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder I was reliant on medication too and the help of other people.now I know that there are certain methods I can use to help me when I'm anxious or having a panic attack that works without the use of medications. I don't think it's bad that you're using them though but I understand what they mean. I prefer more natural methods then you don't get all the side effects of anti depressants.
Hi Emily, thanks for the reply, I've had CBT etc but it all goes out the window when my anxiety strikes, my mind goes on auto pilot and catastrophies. Im going on an 8 week course starting in August and am really going to try my best with it, but at the moment I'm relying on meds, I'm due to start Venlafaxine on Friday which has been the med I've always had up until 3 years ago when I maxed out and switched to Clomipramine which got me well but ice never felt recovered for 3 years and just over two months ago I relapsed, so my new psychiatrist is putting me back on Ven.... I'm hoping it works!
Because if you don't deal with the underlying issues, then you'll spend your life changing meds which will work less and less. That's why people say that. At the end of the day the choice is with the individual, people are only sharing their opinions and their experience, everyone is free to do as they please, noone will lose sleep over the choices anyone makes, everyone is responsible for themselves
Hi, hope the change in meds will help you. Clomipramine is a good anti dep but so is venlafaxine.
I am still on the elusive trail of anti deps and no better, some days passable. Dont know what psych will try next. I just want to get better. Suggestions please