Posted by Meri-Tuuli on January 13, 2007, at 10:44:04
In reply to Do people feel medications help or mask symptoms?, posted by leo33 on January 12, 2007, at 20:06:57
Hey!
Well, for me, medications have been of no help whatsoever. In fact, they only make things worse for me. I'm doing far better off meds than I was on them. Okay, so things might be a little shaky at times, and sometimes its great and others not so great, but I'm far better off without them. I'm making alot more progress without drugs than I ever did on them. Now, I'm able to look at things and address problems I have etc. On celexa, for instance, I only cared about eating, sleeping and shopping. I wasted several years like that, not addressing any of my problems when I could have really been sorting myself out with therapy etc.
So for me, drugs really just mask symptoms and I don't make any progress. I'll come off them, crash and then try a different drug. Now I haven't crashed majorly in quite a while and I'm really working hard to address my 'issues' and low self esteem etc which are at the root of my problems.
For me, I think my mental problems are entirely psychological and have no biological basis whatsoever. I've given up completely with seeking a chemical solution to my problems - although I do try some herbs, although I never actually take any at any theraputic doses.
But this is just me, and my own experience. I don't say for others. But I will say that I know I went through a phase of denial, and thinking that I must have a biochemical imbalance or something. Its alot easier to cope with, and I think doctors and drug companies do tend to push the biological component of depression etc. I know that here in the UK, therapy is very very limited (on the state healthcare system at any rate) so GPs will dish out SSRIs like candy rather than getting to the roots of problems with therapy.
I mean, I distinctly remember telling a psychiatric nurse during my first ever depressive episode that prozac just felt like a pain killer - it didn't address the cause of the pain, just blunted it.
Kind regards
Meri
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