depression treatment without medication

s condition has worsened, but I can tell you that without treatment, our son has become a dangerous stranger to us.

He was very good and after a couple of meetings he prescribed me with medication for what he called a chemical imbalance in my brain that caused depression. The meds worked and I definitely wasn't as sad most of the time. So for seven years I've taken meds. More recently I've started to feel, emotionless and even angry (on the inside). Im not suicidal like I was in middle school, but I definitely don't feel good.

Medication can be a real key to managing this - if that didn't work for you, it's good to try another. For me Paxil made me absolutely NUTS. Plucking hair, thinking of cutting nuts. Never had that before. Other ones, such as the imipramine that I'm on at the moment, work very well as well as help other things like my migraines. Therapy can be more helpful too, depending on what you do.

If you have been prescribed medication for depression and have been taking it as prescribed can you say you feel better than before you started taking them? If so then the likelihood is that if you stop taking them the depression will simply return. Unless you have identified and corrected problems and issues in your life that were causing depression that is. Depression doesn't just disappear because we want it to. You have to work hard with treatment to achieve that.

I recall how she would just lock herself in the bedroom and cry for hours. It all started as post-partum depression, after having my brother who is now 34. She has been to soooo many doctors, has taken all different kinds of medications and dosages, and even sedatives along with the anti-depressives to try to feel better. Just recently she has gotten the be the worst I've ever seen. I can only recall 1 time in my life time when she had lost the will to live. I was about 5 years old.

I found several things online that addressed the issue of depression without sadness. I was wondering if anyone else had dealt with this problem and what was prescribed to them. I'm going to make an appointment to see my psychiatrist and see if she can help.

t know that this is still being offered as a treatment for depression. I think most think of the movie one who flew over the cuckcoo's nest. It's not like that anymore...you are put to sleep for maybe 10 minutes while they shock the brain. Has anyone tried ECT? I know this helped me...I did the treatment for 3 weeks everyday and then did every other friday for a month. Only side affects were headaches, memory loss. If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask...I am an open book.

Is it true that some people can literally not recover from depression without the use of medication no matter what they do?

I have been taking Amitriptyline for a while for depression and pain but 6 weeks ago I suffered a stroke and my depression is worse so was given Sertraline along with the other.

So it can be assumed there was a heart cell damaging event. With treatment the odds are very good that one can go on to a normal life span. The treatment would be to determine the area where there may poor blood flow. To open the vessel, bypass, or increase the blood flow with medication would be the appropriate response. The odds are not very good with changes in diet, stop smoking, etc. because those factors will help prevent further progression after proper treatment.

If you have mania/bipolar disorder it is likely you will need medication for life but it is possible to be stable without depression and manias, if you take the medication. Life with out the hospital unit is defiantly possible as well, depending on how long you were there will change how hard it is to adapt. I hope this answers your question.

Hi All, I'm curious to hear from anyone else who practices Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for their anxiety, and how effective it may be long-term without medication- I've been using CBT for about 2 years, and it's been a godsend as far as reducing the severity and frequency of debilitating anxious moments, but I still feel that my baseline anxiety level is higher than it could be.

From what I have read, this drug is more of an anti-psychotic type medication rather than a traditional antidepressant medication. Although studies are showing it to be effective for some types of depression too. I guess the verdict is still out on this drug. If I find out anything new I will report it here.

Of course, make sure you talk to your psychiatrist and determine if you really need medication or if you can go without it. Many people medicate without a second opinion. Most don't even need the medication, they can go through other forms of therapy. Best of luck!

Now I live on pain medication day in and day out. Without it I would kill myself the pain is to much for one person to handle no matter if you sit stand or lay down.

Third, this is the depression forum, so I assume you suffer from depression. Depression can cause those symptoms without having higher cortisol levels. Fourth, are you in any kind of treatment? And lastly, there are herbs that can help with your cortisol levels, but I'm not sure you really are having unusually high levels for that long a period of time.

Although you probably could come out of depression at some time without medication, you could also get worse and the right medication can bring you out of it within 4 - 6 weeks, if not earlier. Before I was diagnosed with bipolar, I was depressed for two years without treatment. I wish I had realized that I should have seen a psychiatrist and gotten treatment a lot sooner.

You need medication and therapy. We rarely can beat depression on our own, and that's okay. Accept that you need help with this and get the available help. We've all been there and without medication I'm not sure I would still be here! Depression is doing all this to you, so fight back and refuse to let it do this by seeking help!

I also have anxiety disorder and panic attack. I often feel blue without knowing where it comes from. Most of the times, I force myself of being alone and cry easily. I am so frustated about everything. I don't see life is worth living. Everything is upside down for me. I have been fighting with my depression with so many different drugs, but nothing seems working well. Wellbutrin, Alphazolam, Cymbalta, Xanax, Valium, etc...I try all of them and nothing helps.

Then from there ask about the specific side effect profile and efficacy of each one as regards its effect on depression and you could also look up the medication website. From what I am reading Amisulpride like Seroquel does have a mood stabilization effect and actually has shown efficacy on depresion though only a psychiatrist would understand this in full.

I personally recovered from an underactive thyroid with no medication or intervention with my thyroid by treating my low level depression or dysthymia. (most who have thyroid issues seem to have a more low level depression which is called dysthymia for those who aren't familiar with that term). Because of my professional background and understanding the association, I went the route of knocking out the dysthymia with medication that I took for about 6 months. Thyroid righted itself.

Shall i suggest to avoide psychiatry treatment fully and focus only on thyroid medication ? . Bcz i realy scared about her mental depression. Her parents also not accepting thyroid and they are giving medication for mental depression.

I was in a marriage where my spouse became verbally and mentally abusive during the last 9 years before we split up. Since then I have had depression, I cannot function without anti-depressants. I have many features of ptsd, flashbacks etc. could this a use have caused permanent damage to my brain? I had a post partum depression 30 years ago and then was fine for 17 years. If it hasn't the. Why can't I function without anti-depressants?

Our psychologist claims that the correct medication in the correct dosage will not change you, but correct you. Recently there have been research studies on SSRI's (and Zoloft is one of these) which has shown that children who do not take medication and suffer from severe anxiety actually lose "brain cells"; while those children taking the SSRI did not lose any brain cells. But, this research is very new and as far as I know, it has not been proven to be "fact".

As someone who has a history of body dysmorphia and eating disorders, I NEED a different treatment. Does anyone have any suggestions of a combined treatment? Or know anything about Topamax?

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