antidepressants

[HelenSL]

I would rather take med's than go to therapy. This could be because therapy has proven itself to me to be a waste of time. This is a personal opinion only, it probably/might help others, probably depends on the person.Maybe I never ran a therapist with the ability and willingness to help me, but I am not going to search forever, besides therapy is a lot more time consuming than taking med's.

I found counseling (therapy/whatever ) more helpful than I thought it would be. In fact I told my counselor "Hey this is better than I thought...I thought I might as well just look in a mirror as come see you and have you point out stuff I already know but I just don't do"

I don't expect he felt especially affirmed by that...but maybe he did Tell the truth anyhow is the way I try to live...

I also tell him if he hurts my feelings etc so he can not do it again.

But overall it's really nice to AT LEAST have someone who listens to what I say and has intelligent responses and isn't saying all the stupid ignorant things other people say like, if I describe an interpersonal problem "what did YOU do to upset THEM???" is mostly all I hear from other quote-unquote "friends" (or so they USED TO BE).

So yeah, I would say that counseling can have value.

However I would also still say that a good conversation with a kind and wise friend can do as much, often, as counseling. In fact it can do more in that it's not 'unequal' as in your friend can say "you're full of s*it" but the counselor may well not do that since they focus on affirming you...and you are financing their life also...

I'd hope a good one would but who knows. Part of the problem is that they are expensive and some of them still haven't resolved their own s*it let alone yours...

I do like reading books about it though...much cheaper...! But yes, I did find counseling very helpful; I may go after the kids get over chicken pox -- i'm on an 'as needed' schedule...

love
Helen

p.s. I am sorry about your doctor experiences...hopefully you can find one who will LISTEN to YOU about what helps YOU and prescribe it...

I had a horrendous experience with a guy who said in effect "I don't care how great you say this med is, it's not in my book for your diagnosis so I don't prescribe it" [because it is new, so it is not yet written up as proven effective with my specific condition, even though it was from a drug family that is]. What a moron. I only went to him ONCE.

 

[daised]

i use to think therapy was a joke. It didn't help me at all, unitl i opened up and let myself be helped. It took almost a year to make a connection with my therapist, but the benefits from sticking with it have been marvoluos. therapy isn't for everyone, but you should try it, and just like medication - it takes a while to kick in.

 

[Johnny Zampon]

i use to think therapy was a joke. It didn't help me at all, unitl i opened up and let myself be helped. It took almost a year to make a connection with my therapist, but the benefits from sticking with it have been marvoluos. therapy isn't for everyone, but you should try it, and just like medication - it takes a while to kick in.

sit on my face bitch.

 

[RADAR]

Small just remember there are others less fortunate than you.....like the person who goes thru life that can't walk or never sees the sun never knows what this world really looks like..... if that doesn't help just remember "Hey" RADAR loves ya!!! RADAR

 

[seeseerider]

sit on my face bitch.

TAMPON:You need therapy!!!

 

[daised]

i second the fact that he needs therapy

 

[Weapon X]

buddy, it's generalized anxiety for me (or free-floating).
The negative messages you mention were begun about 34 years ago, by my physically and emotionally abusive mother.
I was in Cognitive therapy for a few years and it hlped, but not to where I can go off meds for any serious length of time.
I have also heard that serious stress over a very long period can condition the brain's usage of serotonin. That could explain why a few years of cognitive therapy have not undone over 30 years of negative conditioning.

 

[daised]

i am so afriad i will be a mother that tramatizes her children, i wouldn't be able to take it.

 

[HelenSL]

buddy, it's generalized anxiety for me (or free-floating).
The negative messages you mention were begun about 34 years ago, by my physically and emotionally abusive mother.
I was in Cognitive therapy for a few years and it hlped, but not to where I can go off meds for any serious length of time.
I have also heard that serious stress over a very long period can condition the brain's usage of serotonin. That could explain why a few years of cognitive therapy have not undone over 30 years of negative conditioning.

Weapon all the latest research seems to be showing the brain can relearn...actually physically change, that is...so don't give up trying...maybe some of it can be undone, just as we can make other changes over time, with hard work...well like in our physical fitness

love
helen

 

[Train Harder]

I take zoloft and it works well. Seems to make all the little things not bother you as much.