Does anyone think anti-depression meds are really necessary for depression?

Answer 1

not really doctors just prescribe them to everyone because its the easiest, you need to get to the root of the problem with therapy. Having said that, they do help a lot of people.

Answer 2

This is a really difficult question to answer.....
Depression can range from mild to extreme. I'm at the extreme end, and that's an improvement from where I was a couple of months ago - I'd actually started tipping over into psychosis.
If depression is caught in its early stages, by the right practitioner, medication probably wouldn't even be mentioned.
Too many doctors, once having diagnosed depression, simply write out a prescription and send you on your way. At best, anti-depressants do not cure depression. They alter the chemistry in your brain. The side effects can include a lessening of depressive symptoms. They can also cause symptoms just like the ones they're supposed to suppress.
Anti-depressants don't really work in the long term for me. Earlier this year, when I was heading towards psycosis at a rapid rate with constant suicidal thoughts, delusions and all the rest, I went and got some medication. I used it purely to even myself out again, stop the mad rollercoastering.
And then I immediately turned to a natural practioner, who has done as much as she can to fix my hormonal and nutritional imbalances and deficiencies, basically rebalancing my brain and my body, and now she has me seeing a psychologist, who is helping me with cognitive behavioural therapy, relaxation techniques, and counselling.
I'd prefer never to have to use anti-depressants, but knowing exactly how they affect me, I've used them briefly as a stepping stone to other, more effective and permanent solutions.
I don't yet know about the efficacy of natural medicine alone on depression as bad as mine was, and the urgency involved at the time, but either way, natural medicine is ultimately my method of treatment for everything.

Answer 3

They are if you truly suffer from major depression and want to recover. This is not really a matter of opinion, but of biology.

A clinically depressed person is not usually in a place where they are capable of making changes in their lives or where they are able to do the work involved in being in therapy (and actually having it help - therapists help people help themselves ultimately).

Antidepressants are not a cure for depression, they are a tool. Depression is a biological illness that can be extremely debilitating, but it is also often highly treatable.

Answer 4

Absolutely, depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. It has little to do with anything else. What I mean, is that you can't fix b and c without fixing a first. So the Anti depressants, particullarly the SSRIs ( Zoloft, Prozac, Celexa, Paxil...etc), which are mostly generic now, all raise Seratonin levels in the central nervous system, a key to reversing depression.

Answer 5

That really depends on the factors influencing the depression. A chemical imbalance is hard to remedy without medication, but a bad case of the blues that got the better of a person may be treatable with other methods.

Answer 6

i think they are for some people, for other people , whose depression is related to unresolved issues from their past or present, talk therapy can work, like with a psychologist... and some people even need both,,,,so it really depends on what is causing the depression,,, some people do have imbalances within their bodies, that the meds help,,, some people need meds to jump start their recovery,,,,,,,i suggest considering all options

Answer 7

I think that medicines can be necessary if a particular problem cannot be cured without medicine. I am taking Buspar for severe anxiety and it has helped me a lot, especially in getting my blood pressure down to normal. I have been through six medicines to find out which one was best for me. Buspar is also used for depression, so it can help.

Answer 8

some medicines make you feel suicidal and make the feelings worse. You just have to try around on the medications to figure out what is right for you. Also you have to change dosage of the meds. I think it depends on the person's mind set. It's different from person to person.

Answer 9

The only time I ever took them, I was getting a divorce dafter a 12 year marriage, and I cried more taking them than before I took them. I think each person's chemical makeup is the difference on whether it helps you or not.

Answer 10

Meds have helped this Ol' Sasquatch like you wouldn't believe!

Without the meds I am an animal! People fear me! Heck, I fear me!

With the meds, I am a puddycat of sorts! I feel almost normal!

So IMHO, Yup, Yup, Yup!!! Meds have my three votes!


The Ol' Sasquatch Ü

Answer 11

i dont think that people should need to take meds for depression because its not some thing viral its completely mental and can only be fixed by the person that has the depression i would know from personal expierience