Posted by willyee on August 20, 2005, at 11:08:31
In reply to Hey folks, it's not just the MEDS, posted by DoYouKnowHim? on August 20, 2005, at 3:28:39
I totaly disagree.WHY? Well the industry wants to have us believe the likly theory behind DEPRESSION and their MEDS is some sort of chemical imbalance,meaning a PHYSCIAL disorder.
So if thats the case then as in PARKINSON disease,or SEIZURES,or MIGRAINES,where there is something physcialy wrong in the brain,how can one expect talk therapy to "fix" depression???
If we are to believe the chemical imbalance theory,then i ask would u send a parkinson patient to talk therpay,hell no u would get him meds and get it fast.Would u send a person with seizures to talk therapy,yeah if u wanna kill them,if ur in the midts of a migraine im sure ur head would still be pounding after u leave.
I look at like this,clinical depression is a pyshical disease that needs pyhsical treatment,how well of treatment offers do we have now,well i wont speak highly of that.But depression doesent excuse a person from getting caught up in the problems of everyday life.And anyone with depression knows problems are MAGNIFIDE 10 FOLD when u are depressed.
So i see therapy useful to help people manage external problems WHILE dealing with depression.To help people raionalise the severity of the problems they are having since their depression might have them seeing every problem as a life trauma.
Also therapy just helps some people simply feel good,u dont need to be depressed to enjoy someone listenintg to u with a caring ear.
Now again this is just MY OPINION,but if depression is a CHEMICAL IMBALANCE,albeit serotion,dopamine or whatever have u,then it should be treated with the severety of such,as are other pyhsical brain disorders.
And with this being the case,well then it is down right DANGEROUS,AND MALPRACTICE to have someone using thrapy to treat instead of medicine,they are in need of REAL HELP.
I although a therapist can help,i DONT BUY FOR A SECOND that a 45 min talk session with anyone other than jesus can "change" brain patterns,thats absurd to me.
Thank you for the ear,this post is in general and to no one in particular,and is meant to insult no one just i feel quite strong on it.
poster:willyee
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