You have to meet your meds half way -- meaning you must do the work i.e. sleep hygiene, physical activity, diet, challenging negative thinking patterns, etc...

You have to meet your meds half way -- meaning you must do the work i.e. sleep hygiene, physical activity, diet, challenging negative thinking patterns, etc... This was all made very clear to me when I began addressing my mental health about 4 years when I was first hospitalized during a manic episode. During 2 years of outpatient treatment at the clinic for the Neurosciences at the Univ. of TX -- it was stressed meds are no panacea. For mood disorders they were big proponents of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy[0]. I believe the approach was similar for those with unipolar depression as well. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_and_social_rhythm_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_and_social_rhyth...