I'm glad you found a wonderful doctor to help you, Gypsy. I'm not against medicines per se for folks with depression, but I am against the over-prescribing of meds for those who might not actually need them, and can start feeling better through talk therapy alone. But I worked in a psych ward at a VA hospital, and I know that some of the guys wouldn't have made it through their rehab without the help of anti-depressants or other meds to treat their condition. There is no "one size fits all solution" to any problem a person might have. We need a universal health care system in the US that will provide both talk therapies and meds when folks need them and without putting people into bankruptcy trying to pay for them!
I'm glad you found a wonderful doctor to help you, Gypsy. I'm not against medicines per se for folks with depression, but I am against the over-prescribing of meds for those who might not actually need them, and can start feeling better through talk therapy alone. But I worked in a psych ward at a VA hospital, and I know that some of the guys wouldn't have made it through their rehab without the help of anti-depressants or other meds to treat their condition. There is no "one size fits all solution" to any problem a person might have. We need a universal health care system in the US that will provide both talk therapies and meds when folks need them and without putting people into bankruptcy trying to pay for them!