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To add to some of the comments saying to see a doctor: See a doctor and _ask for therapy explicitly_. Get your therapist to then recommend anti depressants if
by conradludgate 5y ago
To add to some of the comments saying to see a doctor:
See a doctor and _ask for therapy explicitly_. Get your therapist to then recommend anti depressants if they believe they will help you.
I did this a few years back. I was depressed, my friend pressured me into booking a doctors appointment, they scheduled therapy sessions for me, and then the therapist noticed I needed a bit more help along side the CBT and trauma dumping and gave a recommendation to my doctor.
Doctors don't know a lot about mental health, this is true. I think some of the bad experiences people here have are due to getting a doctors advice rather than using them to kick start the process.
(Disclaimer, I am in the UK, I cannot speak 100% if my advice works in the US)
- conradludgate 5y agoEven if no one reads this, I do believe that anti depressants work. They do reduce how much emotions you can feel, which helps you to do simple things like getting out of bed, cleaning the dishes, cleaning your room. Combined with therapy, you can start to appreciate these improvements on your life style and eventually you can come off the anti depressants which healthy habits. I've also been on anti anxiety medications before, and I recommend those also for similar reasons. It gives you just enough boost to be in situations that typically make you anxious, and that leads you to developing better relationships with those situations in future