What do you think about prescribed Antidepressants ? Is that a No NO in Gods eyes?

Answer 1

Of course not. If you need one, take one.

Answer 2

Believe me, if you're suffering REAL depression -- honest-to-God crippling, agonizing, paralyzing depression -- you'll take whatever help you can get and count it as a blessing.

Why on earth would God want to deny someone something that would remove that kind of suffering? That's like asking "do you believe in prescribing painkillers for people dying of bone cancer"...

EDIT: Regarding Sabrina's post... I see. So, by your logic, people who ARE dying of bone cancer should live their last days in unbearable agony because it's "the way things are meant to be"? And people who are driven to such extremes of mental anguish that they're contemplating suicide should go through much the same experience (emotionally speaking)?

Your lack of compassion is... interesting. And it's painfully (pun intended) obvious that you have no idea what people with clinical depression go through. I respectfully suggest that you might not want to give advice about things that you do not understand well enough to have an informed opinion about... especially considering that your advice to refuse antidepressants could get someone KILLED.

Answer 3

Let me just say I think he frowns less upon my need for an antidepressant than he would if I did not have them and I killed someone. Which in my case in highly probable. I am a basket case even with the antidepressants and other things I am prescribed.

Answer 4

To me honey, anti-depressant pills makes a person more depressed than before though. Antidepressants can often cause side effects, and an inability to tolerate these is the most common cause of discontinuing an otherwise working medication.

Side effects of SSRIs: Nausea, diarrhea, headaches. Sexual side effects are also common with SSRIs, such as loss of libido, failure to reach orgasm and erectile problems. Serotonin syndrome is also a worrying condition associated with the use of SSRIs. The Food and Drug Administration has included Black Box warnings on all SSRIs stating how they double suicidality (from 2 in 1,000 to 4 in 1,000) in children and adolescents who are prescribed these drugs.

Side effects of TCAs (tricyclic antidepressants): Fairly common side effects include dry mouth, blurred vision, drowsiness, dizziness, tremors, sexual problems, skin rash, and weight gain or loss.

Side effects of MAOIs (monoamine oxidase inhibitors): Rare side effects of MAOIs like phenelzine (brand name: Nardil) and tranylcypromine (brand name: Parnate) include liver inflammation, heart attack, stroke, and seizures.Serotonin syndrome is a side effect of MAOIs and SSRIs when they are combined.

Cheers and have a nice week ahead :)

Answer 5

Why would that be a "no no" in God's eyes? Antidepressants are something that help people to feel better so I don't see why it's a problem.

Answer 6

I'm of the opinion that the gods have better things to do than dictate that you can take the red pills but not the green ones. Clinical depression has physical causes, just like other illnesses. If you accept modern medicine, you should be able to accept anti-depressants. And, personally speaking, I don't know why the gods would give us such marvelous brains if they didn't want us to make use of them and invent cures for diseases.

Answer 7

I'm Jewish; we are taught that to FAIL to care for ourselves is a sin. Real depression demands real solutions; I'm thankful, as I suffer from serious depression, that there are researchers out there who have come up with medications to help me live a normal life.

Answer 8

Hmm, my friend the Episcopilian priest is very happy to have his Lexapro.

Depression is a physical disease of the brain and religious or not, it's a serious problem when you have it. I'm glad mine is mild compared to my aunt, who was suicidal for a time. She's better now, thanks to medicine.

Thank you, researchers!

Answer 9

A god that would allow their children to suffer with no relief is one that should be spurned. No one should have to suffer through the feelings of depression for an extended period of time. Trust me, the pills help.

Answer 10

Peace comes only through God. If a substance makes you feel peaceful, it's false enlightenment--delusion, mockery, heresy. Drugs are a tool of the Devil.

However, if in that cheap imitation you catch your first glimpse of some semblance of God, then it may be worth it.

You might also use drugs to induce suffering, increasing your need for God and increasing your readiness to surrender to Him (to hit bottom).

I'm writing this in Christian language here, but this is really metaphor for a true concept. So-called mental illness (not including severe neurological disorders like schizophrenia) are no more than natural consequences of an unenlightened worldview/lifestyle. You can fix the problem in you without drugs, and taking drugs--if they provide any benefit at all--will only delay the fixing you need. Why would you take drugs to perpetuate an unacceptable condition? Stay sober and fix the problem. You won't find answers in drugs.

EDIT: "Why on earth would God want to deny someone something that would remove that kind of suffering?"

Because God caused the suffering in the first place.

Taking anti-depressants is like screening your calls. "Sorry, God, I was in the shower; I didn't get your call." Yeah, right! You knew He called!

EDIT 2: I think I'm getting it (downmods) from both the atheists and the Christians. Just try to read through to the underlying concept behind my comments. Pay no attention to the external dressing (the word choice of "God" instead of "reality" or "Devil" instead of "ego")--those words are just carriers of a message that I'm trying to convey to Christians. My message can be understood by atheists and Christians if you just restrain your egoic mind to look at the underlying concepts. In Christian language, if you just listen to the voice of God.

Answer 11

Do it if you have thoughts of suicide, that's a big sin in God's eyes apparently.