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buy tissues not anti-depressents?? if only it was that easy. depression is not a choice

Amen to that one. I had some PMS/anxiety issues. I went to the doctors because I literally could not sleep. Originally, it only happened during my period, but as time progressed it seemed to be happening everyday. The doctor ran some tests. There wasn't anything physically wrong with me. He than told me I was depressed and prescribed me prozac. I was livid and gave that doctor a good piece of my mind. I found his diagonsis unacceptable and he better come up with something a little better because I am not going to be a pill popping junkie. He Asked How was he going to be able to help me if I refused his treatment. I simply told him you're not. I did some research on my own and found out the reason I was so high strung and unable to sleep is because I was consuming way to much caffiene in a day. Some people can't handle it. I happen to be one of those people. Once I cut down on my caffiene intake, I felt normal again. So, I understand exactly where yu are coming from. I am extremely annoyed that my nephew is on medication. Wht, because my sister in law felt he was too high strung. Believe me, I have seen high strung kids and my nephew certainly doesn't fit the profile.

i dont believe in all that crap about chemical imbalance. if you ask me i personally feel that chemical imbalance is caused because of several other factors combined together like the wrong attitude, inability to cope up with stress; the wrong outlook toward life; trying to shun yourself from everything when you feel low..these are the things behind all those phases called depression!!

Telling people that depression is caused only by their eating habits, attitudes, and lifestyle is both wrong and irresponsible. Doctors should not diagnose people with depression indiscriminately, nor should meds necessarily be the first or only course of action. But for many people the chemical imbalance has been present since birth, or a traumatic event may trigger a chemical imabalance. There is plenty of scientific evidence that mental illness, including depression, is very often a genetic disorder (to control for inaccurate results due to children being influenced by depressed or mentally ill parents they usually use people who were not raised by their biological parents as subjects). If it were only caused by external factors then that evidence would not be shown. I have been depressed since early childhood. I was not lethargic. I did not eat poorly. I did not have a bad attitude. I did not suffer from any lack of physical excercise. Though all of those things happened eventually as a result of the disease. With medication I no longer have most of those problems. My lifestyle improved dramatically just as a result of finding a medication that worked. When I have gone off of them medication my lifestyle reverted back to the way it was before within months due to the depressive symptoms returning. If you make people feel that they are at fault for their depression then you discourage them from getting appropriate treatment. That will cause them to feel like a failure if making lifestyle changes does not improve their depression, or if the untreated depression prevents them from being able to make those lifestyle changes.

I use to manage depression, listening musiq, playing violen and i like chocolates, and i feel i get refreshed after having my chocolates. And best remedy is Meditation, try breathing exercise, it will help you balance and handle depression.