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Old 07-02-2005, 06:02 PM   #23 (permalink)
streak_56
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I am not going to argue "Toms" or "Brookes" side. I am going to present my side. I was prescribed to go on antidepressants, certain aspects of them were enticing. Such as when I would go out, I pretty much felt somewhat good, but it was more emotionless than anything. When I went off antidepressants for a couple of weeks, I was more emotional and I enjoyed more of the things that I usually enjoyed.

My experience was that I would on antids (for short) for a couple of weeks, and then go off for a couple of weeks. I did this for about four months, until I just decided to go at my depression by myself, without antids. I just kept busy and tried to keep my mind off of being angry/sad.

As I was in school I would get more depressed probably from stress and having no outlet. And in the summer I wouldn't be as depressed because I was too busy to be depressed. I see logic in both points of view because they do provide certains plus' for each side of the argument.

Tom is taking a more natural side to the argument. Exercise + Vitamins will solve the chemical balance. Brookes was a more biological approach. Taking antids did help, they're meant to help and they are good for some people while for others it doesn't help as much. I had a friend that commited suicide on anitds, she said that it made her feel worse. And from my own experience, I still have horrible depression and I took another approach to solving my problems.

Maybe theres an ideal middle ground that would work, but I don't know. I work with myself, trying different things all the time. And that seems to work well. I haven't really gotten over my issues, but I live with them everyday and I've gotten use to them. So maybe thats my approach. Live with it until you become comfortable with yourself and then you'll start moving forward.
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