You start by taking responsibility for yourself, and getting your arse to the gym. Then you start looking at your life and slowly changing one thing at a time. Believe me, I know. No one said that life is easy, but those pills can leave you more confused and screwed up than if you had figured it out yourself.
I was diagnosed with mild depression at age 17, and then placed on an anti-depressant. After a few months, I got "worse", my diagnosis changed to Bipolar, and I got put on more medications. I ended up living in and out of inpatient mental hospitals and outpatient day programs, and even somehow ended up in the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center (Now closed, thankfully!) and was never expected to live a normal life or get out of there. The plan was for me to go to Trenton State when I turned 18. That diagnosis of depression to Bipolar I changed to Bipolar II, then changed to Schizoaffective...I kicked all of the meds once I got out of the place of no return and turned my life completely around all on my own. The medications messed me up more than my horrible home life and my alcoholic father. Go figure that the professionals would insist that I had mental issues when it was really just me having to grow up in a VERY s**tty situation. I was re-evaluated a few months after cold turkey-ing my meds and they found me to be just fine. Life's had its ups and downs, but I'm much better without all of that medication crap! The stuff seriously changes you and can make you do/think about doing some pretty warped things.
It is sad that in our society if we aren't satisfied with the state of affairs, we are trained to think that the problem is with us. Psychology, and the drugs prescribed by psychiatrists should be understood in the sense of Marx's "opiates." They make us complacent with the status quo and quell any desire to change things in the world. It isn't just that we need to make changes in our individual lives, but in society as a whole, which has gradually become severely divided along socioeconomic lines.
Welcome to the modern definition of success. I work at Goldman Sachs. I make a huge bonus. Yet my life sucks. Because I contribute no value to society. People think I have an ideal life. I beg to disagree. I am on anti-depressants.
The massively over simplified reasons why people take them were mildly accurate... the rest of the page was the religious/spiritual drivel you often hear spouted by people who have blown their minds with psychedelics and are desperately looking for something easy to believe in to help them sleep at night.
Depression is not sadness. A depressed person can't just decide to not be depressed. A depressed person can be happy at times, and laugh along with the best of us, yet still have an underlying depression that weighs in the back of their mind. Read a little about depression if you don't have the misfortune to be personally affected by it, then comment.
I suffered from depression earlier in my life, but was lucky enough to find a caring therapist who helped me through it without the "help" of antidepressant drugs. For a really great account of life before, during, and after taking SSRI's for anxiety and depression, you can also check out Cathi Hanauer's article, "Club Med: Life Before & After Antidepressants" in the October 2008 issue of Elle--strange place, I know, but she has a wonderful, humorous voice and takes a very good look at the pros & cons of SSRI's . . . and she liked my book, "Unstuck," which didn't hurt her in y estimation. Digg & share if you feel so moved! <a class="user" href="http://www.elle.com/featurefullstory/15101/life-before-and-after-antidepressants.html">http://www.elle.com/featurefullstory/15101/life-be ...</a>
It’s so wonderful to see such a group with people who are so impassioned about celexa! People just don’t understand how really important is to celexa and in the right way. That’s why we should make sure that such the right info is available to anyone. I have my own blog related to natural skin care I personally experienced for over several years. I truly believe that by reading it, others will be able to gain some useful information and knowledge in the right way. You can check it out at <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/health/Symptoms_of_Depression_6" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/health/Symptoms_of_Depression_6</a>
keruhaJul 10, 2007
You start by taking responsibility for yourself, and getting your arse to the gym. Then you start looking at your life and slowly changing one thing at a time. Believe me, I know. No one said that life is easy, but those pills can leave you more confused and screwed up than if you had figured it out yourself.
lokaiJul 10, 2007
I was diagnosed with mild depression at age 17, and then placed on an anti-depressant. After a few months, I got "worse", my diagnosis changed to Bipolar, and I got put on more medications. I ended up living in and out of inpatient mental hospitals and outpatient day programs, and even somehow ended up in the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center (Now closed, thankfully!) and was never expected to live a normal life or get out of there. The plan was for me to go to Trenton State when I turned 18. That diagnosis of depression to Bipolar I changed to Bipolar II, then changed to Schizoaffective...I kicked all of the meds once I got out of the place of no return and turned my life completely around all on my own. The medications messed me up more than my horrible home life and my alcoholic father. Go figure that the professionals would insist that I had mental issues when it was really just me having to grow up in a VERY s**tty situation. I was re-evaluated a few months after cold turkey-ing my meds and they found me to be just fine. Life's had its ups and downs, but I'm much better without all of that medication crap! The stuff seriously changes you and can make you do/think about doing some pretty warped things.
multitudeJul 10, 2007
It is sad that in our society if we aren't satisfied with the state of affairs, we are trained to think that the problem is with us. Psychology, and the drugs prescribed by psychiatrists should be understood in the sense of Marx's "opiates." They make us complacent with the status quo and quell any desire to change things in the world. It isn't just that we need to make changes in our individual lives, but in society as a whole, which has gradually become severely divided along socioeconomic lines.
johnd0eJul 10, 2007
Welcome to the modern definition of success. I work at Goldman Sachs. I make a huge bonus. Yet my life sucks. Because I contribute no value to society. People think I have an ideal life. I beg to disagree. I am on anti-depressants.
wizdumJul 12, 2007
The massively over simplified reasons why people take them were mildly accurate... the rest of the page was the religious/spiritual drivel you often hear spouted by people who have blown their minds with psychedelics and are desperately looking for something easy to believe in to help them sleep at night.
psych77Jul 12, 2007
Depression is not sadness. A depressed person can't just decide to not be depressed. A depressed person can be happy at times, and laugh along with the best of us, yet still have an underlying depression that weighs in the back of their mind. Read a little about depression if you don't have the misfortune to be personally affected by it, then comment.
jgordonmdOct 23, 2008
I suffered from depression earlier in my life, but was lucky enough to find a caring therapist who helped me through it without the "help" of antidepressant drugs. For a really great account of life before, during, and after taking SSRI's for anxiety and depression, you can also check out Cathi Hanauer's article, "Club Med: Life Before & After Antidepressants" in the October 2008 issue of Elle--strange place, I know, but she has a wonderful, humorous voice and takes a very good look at the pros & cons of SSRI's . . . and she liked my book, "Unstuck," which didn't hurt her in y estimation. Digg & share if you feel so moved! <a class="user" href="http://www.elle.com/featurefullstory/15101/life-before-and-after-antidepressants.html">http://www.elle.com/featurefullstory/15101/life-be ...</a>
markhestesMar 30, 2010
It’s so wonderful to see such a group with people who are so impassioned about celexa! People just don’t understand how really important is to celexa and in the right way. That’s why we should make sure that such the right info is available to anyone. I have my own blog related to natural skin care I personally experienced for over several years. I truly believe that by reading it, others will be able to gain some useful information and knowledge in the right way. You can check it out at <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/health/Symptoms_of_Depression_6" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/health/Symptoms_of_Depression_6</a>