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How responsible medication use can help
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 11 5:51am | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Your doctor is absolutely right! Drugs never cure depression or anxiety; they only block therapy and should never be taken because they cause huge problems when you try withdrawal. I am 95 and was dependent Equanil for anxiety. I began seeing a new psychiatrist who used Bio-Energetic therapy. He made me quit the drug because he said drugs simply delay recovery. He used massage therapy and special exercises to treat my anxiety and it worked remarkably well. That was thirty years ago. I am now 95 and in fairly good health, use my computer six hours per day, have had many traumatic experiences, but have resolved them all without drugs. I would never use drugs to solve problems again because my psychiatrist was right; they only delay recovery and their withdrawal symptoms are frequently horrible; causing hallucinations and suicides. Try to find a Bio-Energetic psychiatrist. Modern psychiatry is completely wrong on its chemical methodology. It killed my sister. Go online and read about the terrible trauma caused by drug withdrawal.
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Drugs do not cure depression, but the right medications can certainly help individuals who are depressed. The right antidepressant can help with sleep problems and thereby provide more energy to the depressed person to make the changes that they need to make.
I am sorry to hear of your sister's death and trauma. However, it is important to remember that each person's experience is unique. To make blanket assumptions based on the unfortunate experience of your sister, is not helpful to the community as a whole.
Nice if you can afford it! Most health insurances won’t pay for expensive alternative healing modalities. So……..for the rest of us medication can be a viable option
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My own experience is quite different from yours. Medication has brought me back from the terrible dark place I was in. Depression, anxiety, PTSD and suicide attempts would have meant the end of my life if I hadn't been pressed to seek help. The combination of several things slowly got me my life back over the course of 6+ years. Medication, therapy, family support, my faith continue to be important parts of my mental well-being.
I'm 73 - hope to be doing as well as you at 95!
Jim