David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
In many cases, I would tend to agree with this.
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In many cases, I would tend to agree with this.
Having read the article and the responses here, I would like to throw my tuppence worth in, if that's okay.
I like the article as it reinforces what we have been saying here in many diff threads relating to depression, in that we do have a choice, either sit and wallow (my words) or try and do something, anything! to try and make a diff to how we feel. We all know that this sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't.
As some of ye know i'm not pro medication ( for myself only!) and I am hoping that Talk therapy, cbt will help to get me further up the road.
David you outlined 3 points in relation to when you see a client 1st. I'm hoping that similar strategy will work for me when i do get to see a therapist. I really believe it can be done, at least in my case. I know i might be proven wrong at the end of the day. Right now tho, i'm not on any meds and when i notice i'm going down, i do employ some of the ideas contained in the article, some ideas i found on this forum, so far i've managed to stay off the bottom of the pit.
I guess what i'm saying is, that this article has reinforced for me, that it might be possible to get well without meds.
as for a book entitled ""Depression is a Choice: Winning the Fight Without Drugs", I don't believe depression is a choice. But i have a belief in the "winning the fight without drugs."
so that's my tuppence worth.
Good article at the end of the day.
I Like that you have throughtout used the phrase "for many" or "in many cases" which implies (rightly) that not all ppl need medication as part of their therapy.
I like the article as it reinforces what we have been saying here in many diff threads relating to depression, in that we do have a choice, either sit and wallow (my words) or try and do something, anything! to try and make a diff to how we feel. We all know that this sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't.
As some of ye know i'm not pro medication ( for myself only!) and I am hoping that Talk therapy, cbt will help to get me further up the road.
David you outlined 3 points in relation to when you see a client 1st. I'm hoping that similar strategy will work for me when i do get to see a therapist. I really believe it can be done, at least in my case. I know i might be proven wrong at the end of the day. Right now tho, i'm not on any meds and when i notice i'm going down, i do employ some of the ideas contained in the article, some ideas i found on this forum, so far i've managed to stay off the bottom of the pit.
I guess what i'm saying is, that this article has reinforced for me, that it might be possible to get well without meds.
as for a book entitled ""Depression is a Choice: Winning the Fight Without Drugs", I don't believe depression is a choice. But i have a belief in the "winning the fight without drugs."
so that's my tuppence worth.
Good article at the end of the day.
Misha
Member
Good for you trying therapy without medication. I hope that route is successful for you... you sound like you feel good about that decision. I guess my point earlier was more that if you're going to take medications, they should be perscribed by a doctor who knows what's going on in your life.
David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
Fog, I will say that, in your case if you were my client, I would be NOT recommending the course of action you have chosen. Of course, you know that from other threads, but it's worth reiterating. It's your choice, of course, but in my opinion it is not a good one for you.
I know David.. and i have it constantly in the back of my head that it is a possibility\maybe even a probability that i will end up on meds. 
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but!! for now as long as trying other ideas ect, such as those mentioned above, helps put this off i'll keep trying them.. No harm in exhausting other avenues first i think.
. but!! for now as long as trying other ideas ect, such as those mentioned above, helps put this off i'll keep trying them.
. No harm in exhausting other avenues first i think.
ThatLady
Member
It seems to me, logically, that something like this could work if you've been in therapy for awhile and are well on your way to recovery, or if your depression isn't too severe, or if you've already recovered from depression but still have those "down days" that plague us all at times. I know I use similar methods when I'm having a bad day, but I don't consider myself to be a victim of depression at this stage of my life. While it might be something I'm prone to, the skills I learned help me to fend off depression when I feel it creeping in.
The one thing I would fear for untreated sufferers of depression is that they might try this and find it isn't successful when "the big one" hits. That could be disastrous.
The one thing I would fear for untreated sufferers of depression is that they might try this and find it isn't successful when "the big one" hits. That could be disastrous.
Misha
Member
I can not imagine being off of my meds, and I think I will always be afraid to stop. But at the same time I hate the side effects so much and it is very hard to trust doctors with such a big thing... (the doc who had me on 90mg of paxil a day for a year didn't help this...)
I think that when I make decisions about therapy I do so with my need for medications in mind... but all the while I wish it weren't so.
I think that when I make decisions about therapy I do so with my need for medications in mind... but all the while I wish it weren't so.
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