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Dave: Just to clarify, a lot of this thread is about attempting to get on these medications. Unfortunately, it is not that straightforward. Some individuals with mixed states (agitation, anxious depression) can actually do worse on SSRI medications. Then, there are the situations where someone has used an SSRI long term and a crises comes along where the body and brain register trauma, and the SSRI medications are no longer effective. Zoloft is generally well tolerated. But some of the dynamics mentioned above can prove to be problematic.
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Your point is well taken. I just think some people don’t realize that depression is genetic and it never really goes away. Before I knew what depression was I just found that at times everything was so easy and then there were periods when everything seemed so hard. I was in commission sales and raising two kids with a wife that didn’t work so I just struggled through the bad times.
Talk therapy is kind of like seeing a chiropractor. Once you see them they have a patient for life.
Depression and anxiety are real and passed on from generation to generation. Both my children are very successful but one suffers from depression and one suffers from anxiety. I was very open with both about my depression so when it surfaced for them they got help and are coping very well. I am just grateful that we have medications that treat these diseases and my hope is they only get better. They can never cure it but they can make it very manageable.
I wish everyone on this post the best.