Please help me understand WHY one wouldn't want tp explore possible ways to improve their lifestyle...??
2007-09-30 05:50:29 · 11 answers · asked by FLOSS 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
people that don't suffer from depression often think that it's something that people can just snap out of.
people that do suffer from depression sometimes feel even more defeated because they can't control those feelings, and taking meds will only underscore that defeated feeling.
when people oppose the medication it's usually because they fail to recognize that the depression is truly a chemical imbalance in the brain, and these meds can help straighten that out.
2007-09-30 05:55:36 · answer #1 · answered by soren 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Medications and their effects can be pretty extreme and while they help, they can also exacerbate conditions. As everyone's biochemistry and condition is different, one man's panacea is anothers poison.
There is also alot of misinformation about certain medications (deserved or undeserved) due to a combo of bad personal experiences, media and just bad info on the net. Maybe the fear of the unknown cos really meds are a pretty big step even if in the long term they are beneficial and often necessary.
Sometimes people just don't want be helped by chemical mens and think that other methods may solve their problems without resorting to drugs. Me, I love my meds even if the side effects put me through hell , my moods are mostly under control and I'm able to lead a relatively normal life.
2007-09-30 13:00:49 · answer #2 · answered by Cat S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suffer from depression and would give anything to get off my medication. The reason many people want to get off their meds is because of their side affects. The most serious one for guys is sometime impotence. They rob you of a sense of get up and go, you have to force yourself to do anything. Loss of appetite, nausea, constipation, and just a feeling of only existing not living. I've tried just about every medication available and without success. So, some people feel they can live with the depression better than the side affects.
I stay on my meds because they do help with another on going problem I have and not willing to take the chance of it happening again. Therapy sucks.
You have no idea (I hope) how debilitating depression can be especially if it is clinical depression, which I have.
You have to be there to really understand.
2007-09-30 13:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by SgtMoto 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think medication can help a lot. Some people are just sad about something in particular. This is not depression. They do not need an antidepressant, but when it goes on a long time or you cannot function then an antidepressant might be indicated. I have seen the difference in people and see that medication can really make a difference in their lives.
2007-09-30 12:58:09 · answer #4 · answered by Simmi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's partly to do with depression being so much a part of our personality. We fear what we'd be like without this big aspect of ourselves. Will people still like us? Will we still be interested in the same things? Will we still be good at the same things, etc.?
Medication has a big stigma. It's almost like an admission that we're crazy, especially if you're around very sane and well-balanced people. It's like admitting you're weak.
Anti-depressants can have a lot of horrible side effects and if the meds aren't working it's frustrating. You have to keep trying new ones until you find the one/combo that suits you, which means side-effects a lot of the time and a lot of feeling worse.
2007-09-30 13:19:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people don't believe in "depression." They believe that you have to stand tall and snap out of it on your own.
My older sister was just like that a few years ago. My niece( an adult) was on an antidepressant for a while and my sister had a fit. "Why are you taking THAT? Just suck it up and move on!"
Then one of our other sisters died 3 years ago. Now my older sister has been on antidepressants for almost 3 years. But she refuses to go to counseling. I've told her that the medication is not going to make the depression go away. Her doctor shouldn't be prescribing it when she won't get help. Whenever I mention her antidepressants, she yells, "My sister died for God's sake!" What am I? Chopped liver?
2007-09-30 12:54:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depression medications have SIDE EFFECTS, particularly sexual ones in men. They are bad for people with epilepsy, they can cause digestive difficulties, and diahorrea. They also dont always work and doctors have to switch people around on them to find something that helps a particular persons symptoms;
they are not simply happy pills.
2007-09-30 13:42:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You kinda answered your own question.... some people do not want to explore or EXPERIMENT with their condition. My niece was given a medication that made her depression worse.
Then she had to be weaned off that medication while going on another with awful side effects... She on one now that is effecting her ability to control her weight....
It is what my hubby calls "Practicing Medicine.... I don't want anyone practicing on me!!!!"
2007-09-30 16:15:37 · answer #8 · answered by eek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people with depression share the basic belief that life isn't worth living. my aunt had it and she would hide her medicaments because of the fear of getting better, which goes against the feeling generated by depression. although not a specific garbage can diagnosis, depression has varying degrees and can be mistaken.
2007-09-30 14:15:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In theory, medications are far superior to aberrant
behavior, in practice, medications often lead to other
medications until you are taking a "cocktail" mixture of
several different medications daily...Self-moderation in the
amounts/diversity of medications is prudent...
2007-09-30 13:54:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋