Depression Meds

[jannieC]

As a mental health therapist, I tend to be very pro meds, but within reason, of course. I cannot tell you how many clients I see that are so OVER medicated. They will come to me with their own diagnoses..."I am SO Bipolar", etc. I have even seen children diagnosed with Bipolar D/O which is wrong on so many levels, but that's a rant for another day.

I also work with clients whose lives have literally been saved by anti-depressants. When prescribed correctly, psychiatric meds can help certain clients gain just enough of what they need to even care to take part in therapy.

Eating right, taking walks, drinking water, watching funny movies, etc etc, are all things folks can do to help with depressive symptoms. But what works for one will not always work for someone else. And talking to a therapist is always a step in the right direction. I don't say that because I am one. I say it because I see that it works and I believe it.

All that being said, I am going to go lie on my Steve Ball exactly the way David described. This is going to take time and effort on my part, as I have a neck/shoulder injury that is making me want to hurt people. And the next time I feel anxious, I am going to remind myself of the word "gayborhood" because that absolutely cracked me up.