"I'm not going to "get better." As my psychiatrist has explained, I've had so many major depressive episodes that my brain, without medication, triggers those episodes on its own. In the same way that someone uses insulin to control diabetes or blood thinners to control dangerous clots, the medication helps prevent these episodes from occurring."The italics is mine. I added it because that sentence is what doctors are fed by drug reps to get them to prescribe their medications*. In other words, "there's nothing you can do about it. It's a biological problem and only medication will fix it." Except it's NOT a biological problem, it's a psychological problem. And they know that, so that's why they don't say it's a biological problem straight out. They say it's like diabetes, so you make the inference that there's nothing that can be done and just take the medicine.
Well, there is something that can be done. She (and we!) can learn how to process our emotions correctly. If we do that, even a person who is chronically depressed can overcome it. Yes, it may take ten years, but so what? Take the meds in the short term, while learning how to process emotion correctly. Over time, you'll reduce your dependence on side-effect causing medications and eventually be able to be drug-free and not depressed. Sounds a lot better than a life time of dependence on a medication that will continue to cause new and terrible side-effects and probably stop working eventually, doesn't it? Oh, not to mention that meds will never be as effective at helping your mood as processing your emotions will. It's a no-brainer. Take care of yourself by learning to process your emotions.
* If I die suspiciously, the drug reps did it! Seriously, there are so many dollars tied up in making people believe they need anti-depressants, it would make an entirely plausible plot for a made-for-television murder mystery. Avenge me!
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