
Originally Posted by
crazy mike
I disagree with... "I def dont think he should be put on medication but only after speaking to someone for awhile. I think it could make things worse at first."... With a doctor's therapy in line, right from the get go, a doc could evaluate the degree of depression and anxiety that comes and a medication (for me, Prozac) can pull someone right off the bottom and get them in a positive mode to accept more counseling and admitting of the problem. Then they can take part in their own recovery of depression. The medication can allow the sufferer the clear headedness to accept the problem. You can be depressed by some outside environmental problem and or you can be depressed because you are just depressed. Then it effects every waking moment of your life. The medication is not a happy pill. But it can in 5 - 10 days make the sufferer whole in spirit. Not so incomplete and longing for, or just a general attitude of wellness, ready to live life on life's terms long before the therapy can start that change in spirit, attitude, demeanor and longing to live. I've been around many, many other people in my days and my hospital, sanitarium and group therapy stays. I share and advise with my experience at hand. ...crazy mike