Posted by deniseuk190466 on June 7, 2007, at 10:54:40
In reply to Re: And not all psychol. probs are under one's control, posted by linkadge on June 5, 2007, at 14:55:30
Hi Linkadge,
I agree with what you are saying but I don't think it is a case of people "popping pills in order to be what ever they want to be".
When I first ever started taking antidepressants at the age of 24, I'd never even heard of them, didn't know or think I was depressed. I just wanted relief from being tired all the time, feeling suffocated, waking up early dreading the day ahead. I was feeling like this inspite, of working, swimming like a mad woman, doing constant breathing exercises, meditating. Then the Doctor prescibed a pill which took all those symptoms away and lifted my mood (I wasn't expecting my mood to lift at all) and I couldn't quite believe it when it did.
I never took antidepressants to be what ever I wanted, I took them to relieve a lot of distressing symptoms and they did completely. When I came off them I never felt as bad as I had done before going on them so far as I am concerned when ADs work well they do heal your brain in some way, maybe not permanently but they do something good, well I feel anyway.
Denise
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