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This is better advice than it probably sounds like right now too. When my sister died, my doctor wanted to put me on an antidepressant immediately. I told her
by smeej 5y ago
This is better advice than it probably sounds like right now too.
When my sister died, my doctor wanted to put me on an antidepressant immediately. I told her I wasn't depressed. I was having an appropriate grief response to the sudden loss of my sister.
But a year later, when I still couldn't bring myself to care about anything, including whether my life continued or stopped, I decided it was time for a small boost. Raise the baseline again. Don't try to push the grief out, but maybe get me just high enough that I want to get out of bed, that I want to go outside, that I want anything again.
A year after I started taking meds, things were still hard, and I still missed my sister profoundly, but my future wasn't blank anymore. I could start to imagine forms happiness might take. And I tapered back off the medication.
It's not the right answer for everyone, all the time, but it might be the right answer for you, now or soon, for awhile.