wich is more productive, therapy or medication?

Answer 1

It depends on the individual.

Answer 2

It depends on what type of disorder you have. Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are going to be helped more by medications than therapy (although therapy is still important). Anxiety, mild depression, and trauma will be helped more by therapy (although medications may be used short- or long-term). It's best to combine the two. It is also good to have your therapist talk to your psychiatrist about your diagnosis, because therapists sometimes have a better idea of what's wrong simply because they have more information. Someone may not answer a psychiatrist's questions in the "correct" way to diagnose a specific disorder, but the person's therapist may have uncovered clues to a diagnosis during the course of talk therapy.

Answer 3

Therapy

Answer 4

Actually the most productive is therapy with medication. When people take the appropriate medication for their diagnosis and have reached the therapeutic level they are much more responsive to therapy.

Answer 5

Based on my experience, therapy should be the longer lasting effect, while medication just covers up the pain. Why cover it up when you can work it out and re-learn what new limitations your body has from the injury? Use medication for the short term, but therapy for the long term.

Answer 6

Medication as a short alternative and therapy. You have to combine both otherwise its a complete waste of time trying.

Answer 7

It depends entirely on the condition: forget medication for depression, except short term, for the clinically depressed, but for someone who is hallucinating, therapy is of little use, without medication. If you email me (see profile), stating symptoms/disorder, I could advise you better. See http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris for treatments, not necessarily involving either, for a range of mental health problems.

Answer 8

It depends on your problem. If you are dealing with depression. I learned 18 months ago, after 8 years of deep depression, that I had HYPOTHYROIDISM. An under active thyroid was the main cause of mine. IN ONE MONTH ON SYNTHROID AND I WAS OUT OF DEPRESSION.

For anyone who has had a complete hysterectomy, HORMONES ARE NECESSARY, without them Depression is also pretty much guaranteed. For me without Premarin I have serious paranoia also.

So my really answer is to have a full series of tests run to make sure your problem is NOT a HORMONE IMBALANCE.

Taking a Broad range of vitamins daily is also beneficial to keeping your body and brain totally healthy.

Few of us eat the really correct diet to be totally healthy.

Answer 9

Combo of both will work better then either one by itself.