Posted by kilo8 on May 3, 2015, at 22:56:04
Hello,
I went to a psychiatrist mainly for new ideas about which antidepressants strategy I could employ next cause nothing works for me. I tried quite a lot already (lexapro,wellbutrin,stablon,remeron,cymbalta,clomipramine).
But then I had to find out he's not really very much into drugs and also doesn't know that much about them. For example I confronted him with ketamine and he didn't know anything about ketamine being investigated for depression and what mechanisms are behind it!!!
He said after hearing a bit about my problems (OCD since childhood, GAD since childhood, double depression) that basically antidepressants can't help me that my issues run much deeper and that the only thing which can help me is trying to find subconscious root causes through depth therapy and this will take YEARS!
This was totally discouraging to me. I mean I know that I have had these issues since a very early age. I also experienced a few things when I was young which weren't healthy (parents breaking up) BUT I dont know if I can simply blame it all on this. This seems to simple to me. I mean I know that I already had fears before they broke up. It could just as well be a mix between external factors and endogenous factors.I'm pretty discouraged now. I can't afford doing depth therapy for years without even knowing if anything will come out of it. The only one with a sure profit is the doctor.
ALSO how shall depth therapy and fishing in my past help me with problems which I struggle with NOW which totally drag me down all the time like for example having many health issues which overwhelm me? I dont see how this is supposed to help me with this.
I needed something which helps me deal with life NOW and not in years.What do you think about this? I mean are there people who are so messed up that drugs can help them but therapy can? I am sceptical of this.
I'd rather think that IF you can find a drug which works then this will be much more effective than talking.
I also made the personal experience that psychotherapy rather drags me down even more cause usually the therapist doesn't really say much at all. I just go through my problems which makes me feel worse and he sits there and hardly ever says anything helpful.
For example when I think about the current doctor said in the past 4 sessions then he only said 1 or 2 things which were a bit useless. 95% of the time is more or less simply wasted by me talking and he hardly says anything.
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