Do you think i'm pathetic since i'm on antidepressants?

Answer 1

No I think you're smart that you recognize you have a problem and are doing something about it :)

Answer 2

A motto I try to live by is:
"If you need help - you should get help". Be it on your school work, job or your health. In your case, it seems that that is what you are doing.

At the same time, its important to figure out what's going on. For instance: if I got a rash on my legs and continued to get it no matter what I did, I could treat it with various ointments, but its not going away until I stop going to the places that cause the rash. Otherwise, its like putting a band aid on an open wound - the band aid may slow the bleeding, but it doesn't address the cause of the bleeding.

Depression is a weird one - and it can come from physical, emotional and spiritual directions. Have you given some hard thought to what's causing it? Are you seeking counsel too?

I trust that your goal will be to use the medications as needed, while striving to find the answers. Consider, increasing your excercise and even seek some counsel from your church (or find one). THEN, you are headed in the best direction that will benefit you in the long run.

And on those days, when you feel like doing nothing - do something anyway. Especially excercise.

I wish you the best.
Mark
http://justadisability.com/index.php

Answer 3

Why would anyone think you were pathetic? Why would other people even know if you don't tell them? Do you think being depressed is preferable to taking antidepressants? I take antidepressants and I thank doctors and God that they are available. On top of that I don't care what people think about it either. They don't have to suffer with my pain so, as far as I'm concerned, they can jump into any hole, lake, or anything else that they prefer.

Answer 4

Not at all. Depression is a very debilitating problem. I was on Prozac for 3 years, Effexor for 1 year. I have been off antidepressants for ten years now, and even though I still suffer from bouts of depression, I have learned how to deal with it without medication. We all do what we must to get by. Do Not let anyone tell you that you are pathetic for doing what is necessary for you to get thru your daily life.

Answer 5

No you're not pathetic. But you have trusted the wrong people when looking for answers. Depression is caused by loss or boredom. Thing is your current midset multiplies upon itself. If you are thinking bad thoughts, they breed more bad thoughts and you end up depressed. If you think good thoughts, they will continue compounding until you are happy. The phamaceutical industry has invented diseases and syndromes and so on to convince people that what ails them can be cured by their product. But buyer beware, only antibiotics can cure disorders, anti-depressants are a "band-aid fix." They don't cure anything, they just keep you from having to deal with the issue. Find what it is that's depressing you and face it or shove it way deep inside and go into denial about it. But don't plan on being on anti-depressants forever because denial should be your own, not someone else's version.

Answer 6

Oh Lord, no! I understand why you would ask. I felt that way too. Some things that helped me feel better, along with the meds, was changing the way I saw myself and the world and changing the way I spoke to myself. Also, pay attention to what you listen to and what you watch. Are they depressing? Do you tell yourself that you are stupid or other such put downs? Change the things you tell yourself, the things you watch, and listen to and you'll be amazed how those things will change you! Do mantras, like “I am a good person! I love myself!” and then recount your many wonderful personality traits that make you unique and miraculous! If you don't think you are or that you have anything worth praising, you are wrong and need to look closer.

Love, the very best thing you could do for yourself is to learn to be gentle and tolerant with yourself. A wonderful side affect is you'll learn to be more tolerant and gentle with others too. And that ripple will spread into a better way of life for you and everyone you know. If you have someone in your life telling you negative things about yourself, that makes it harder to achieve. It's better to stay away from people who make us feel bad about ourselves.

Work on your self-esteem. That's the foundation that will carry you. Take care, love. God bless and I'm praying for you.

Answer 7

NO because that would mean that I am pathetic too since I am also on an antidepressant! At least, we have the courage to get help for our condition. I hope things get better for you soon! :)

Answer 8

I think that you are doing the right thing and how can that be pathetic ?? The alternative is to suffer and that would be pathetic--to suffer in the face of having something available to help--there are many many people that share this problem that do nothing about it and watch their lives waste away in a torrent of dismay and hopelessness --all totally uncalled for

Answer 9

NOPE...I think you are really lucky that you live in a day when medicine is advanced to the point that you can get help for your issues. Would I think you were pathetic is you took insulin for diabetes or wore a cast for a broken arm.....NOPE....same diff. Believe it! I spent three or four months in therapy attempting to convince myself that I was OK....and not pathetic. Just missing a little serotonin which can be fixed by popping a tiny pill.

GEEZ...we are so lucky....would have SUCKED so bad to live life 50 or 100 plus years ago when there was NO help. LUCKY>>>LUCKY>>>LUCKY!

Answer 10

You have a problem and you're doing something about it.

Pathetic would be ignoring it, pretending it doesn't exist.

New studies have shown that SSRIs actually cause new brain cells to be formed in the area of your brain that controls your emotions. The brain will then be better able to produce and regulate brain chemicals on its own. After taking SSRIs for a time, some people will be able to discontinue them.

Answer 11

I do not think you're pathetic, but I do think that anti-depressants are WAY over-prescribed.

People need to learn how to live life and be accountable for their actions, and everything like our grandparents were.

Life happens, you've gotta learn to deal with it...not take a pill and avoid the situation causing it, you know?