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@contentandwell

Hi JK,
Hope all is well with you.
I don't claim to be an expert.. My statements are nothing more than than my own opinins which we are all entitled.
I believe everyone wants to be happy.. I truly feel some people don't know how to be happy or are not willing to put forth the effort to be happy. No pill will solve that issue.
I said some people need alternative therapy, meaning Psychological help, Psychiatric care, Medication, Family Introvention etc.
Go to a good Endocrinologist or better yet a Neuroendocrinologist to chech for hormonal and chemical imbalances, don't just assume that's the problem.How many have been to one, few if any is my guess.Although I do believe strongly that at some point you have to make a choice, that's not to say someone doesn't need help for awhile. But a lot of people try to take the easy way out and just take a pill. Ultimately your going to have to solve your problems. Everyone has to make decisions in their live starting when quite young, some directly relate to a persons mood and I feel they depict being happy, loving, amused, optimistic or sad, mad, frustrated, depressed or whatever. But people have to take responsibility for their lives and that means in my opinion they need to recognise they have a problem and get appropriate treatment. However I don't believe it is reasonable for someone to be Depressed on Antidepressants for decades. Ive read story after story of people being on these meds for decades.. What do they all say "If I stop taking them for a couple days I'll be back where I don't want to be.Getting well doesn't always "Just Happen" sometimes it takes hard work.
It's not always easy to make choices and it's not always easy happy to be happy. Your only going to get out of life what your willing to put into it.
Jake

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Replies to "@contentandwell Hi JK, Hope all is well with you. I don't claim to be an expert....."

@jakedduck1 great post. I do wish my friend would take alternative action but knowing so little I hesitate to push that. Obviously the last thing I would want to do is to encourage something that could then put a person in a worse position than they already are. It certainly is a dilemma.
We are all different and it is impossible to know what one person needs that another person may not need. I have that experience with weight loss. Now that I have managed to lose a very significant amount of weight I want to really encourage other people to do that too but we all have to be to a point where we really WANT it, and have a true incentive. The same is true I suspect with depression.
Then I wonder, if a person is diagnosed as bipolar can they really get off of medications successfully? I have read that over 60% of bipolar diagnoses are inaccurate, so I would definitely think a person should seek more than one opinion.
I think I got off on a tangent here, sorry.
JK

I'm struggling with the weight issue here... Nothing seems to work for me. I do carry the fat gene, but I'm sure others do, as well...Curious to know how you lost the weight?