When is medication necessary?!


Question: When is medication necessary?
I'm so afraid to take medication. a few months ago my psychologist said i need meds. she stopped suggesting it after i said no multiple times but then when i admitted i hurt myself, she has been saying every week i need medication because after 2 years of therapy (with 2 different psychologists), i haven't gotten better and i'm still ruining my life. i spent 1 year with a psychologist before this current one who i've been with for a year too and i left the other one for multiple reasons, one of which was she wanted to medicate me. i'm pretty severely depressed and despite eating well, trying to exercise often, and multiple other things i have had barely any improvement. i started burning myself recently to deal with all my pain after admiting it to the psychologist she tells me every week she is doing everythign in her power to help but i really need medication.

Thing is, i'm so scared of medication. what if i get some of the horrible side effects? what if it changes my personality? aren't meds dangerous? what if it doesn't work?

Should i just keep saying no and hope things get better soon, or should i take the plunge and finally say yes? I'm 18 btw.

Answers:

You might just swallow hard (forgive the pun) and try the medication and see if it helps. You sound like you have a personality disorder. Those are not easy to treat, but you seem to want to be different/better, and that's a good sign. It sounds like your therapists have been trying it your way without success; so you might decide it's your turn to give their way a try. You can always stop taking the meds later. I wouldn't get too excited about all the side effects a drug might cause. Many of those are very rare. I'd be guided by the reassurances of your therapist.

BA Psychology and various.



hi ive had psycotherapy,counsellors and therapy . i was offered medication and gave in . it has some nasty side effects and is not always as good as its made out to be. have a long think before you say yes x



thankfully you asked this question...
what is vitally important is to choose your healing route- for this problem ----- carefully from good information—that means knowing druggs/meds treatment for this can/will be damaging to your mind and body .drugs only mask the symptoms they do not cure.

This info well –it will save ---years of suffering = if you apply it ..

All treatment recommended by the doctors should be tested and approved and quite rightly so.
That makes sense
It costs millions of pounds to test and approve just one treatment.

Drug companies pay for most testing and will only and I mean only look at treatments, which show the promise of good deal of a profit, --they will actively dismiss any therapy which does not have profit potential— thus your doctor will only recommend therapies that have been tested with profit potential in them.

Despite The fact that some of these other therapies mentioned below do have overwhelming benefits some, which have saved massive amounts of suffering

Drugs are not the answer for any mental illness-- at best they mask symptoms

This is a fundamental principle grasp this fully –

Have you heard your local doctor recommend, Massage Spiritual healing, reiki Light therapy, Colour therapy, the violet ray therapy, Osteopathy, Electrical Frequency devices. Karma therapy and u wont because no one can put a patent on these powerful therapies .

For much more info/ detail and research behind this protocol
Go here http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/theholi…
Upon joining this group you will be sent a file giving the info –or go to the files section within the group and u will see it there

Print this all off save it and enact it and share it --- of course someone to help you get these therapies in your life is invaluable but do not be swayed by anyone trying for short cuts …
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1,get someone to massage your back and legs at least 3 times a week use peanut oil or a mix of 50-50 olive and peanut oil.

2 use the violet ray machine an Edgar Cayce device google search this --- 3 times a week on the other days especially on the spine….we use it every day with very positive results

3.get a tent sleep out side 3times a week utilising earth energy - nature can help big time especially with how you feel how much energy you have

4 study and apply good nutrition— adele davis books =protein minerals =iron essential fatty acids omega 3 6 9 protein etc

5 ensure your thyroid is working well get it checked

6 ensure you do at least I hr per day some kind of voluntary work when you are able..the reasons you are ill , or poor or have allsorts of bad things happen to you is because of karma -----usually from past lives but some from this one –voluntary work will offset your mistakes--- how much it offsets well that is down to god and how much you do. Healing us is in direct proportion to the help we give others ie your healing comes with helping others achieve theirs so if people are doing very little in helping others ---they suffer more and longer...and if they are doing a lot they get well faster....so now you know what to do ,,and like a lot of us are already doing being of service.

7 be amongst people who are giving, friendly who have time for you who love you , choose your friends well . choose your company well.

8 get to a place which personally love or like

9 do some work which you like or love

10 ensure you do no acts which hurt or inflict on anyone –don’t want to add to your karma do we !!!

11 spiritual healing and reiki find good therapists who offer this service in your area many spiritualist churches which are all around offer this for free as part of their vocational offerings to the divine.

12 focus your mind - think good positive thoughts, laughter, look at comedy, play good uplifting music,

13 avoid at all costs exposure to violence, murders, suffering ,death ,tragedies, -feed upon good things uplifting things, things that feel like a breath of fresh air..

14 Positive affirmation- t programme your self in the mirror , thoughts are things words are things actions are things , all have influence, few people realise these things can have an effect on themselves .

15 get a detox ------ toxins can influence how you feel big time

16 hugs get plenty of them in your daily life you would be amazed at how people feel after a few decent hugs.== find a big tree and hug that.
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17 loads of exercise running walking climbing but something which you enjoy

18 light therapy sunshine /light box and vitamin d and ensure water intake 2 litres a day

A total cure however is tied up with karma so you can imagine just how important is the voluntary work. The more u do the better u will feel .

Get the spiritual healing /reiki in place asap

And remember this

Voluntary work for you is a very good idea especially when u consider this principle

,.all our healing and happiness - yours and mine is linked right alongside our efforts and contribution to others.in direct proportion to the help we give others

ie your healing comes with helping others =so if people are doing very little in helping others ---they suffer more and longer...and if they are doing a lot they get well faster...

.so now you know what to do ,,and like a lot of us are already doing being of service.

Do not even dream of healing to come to you if you are doing wrongful acts , wrongful words , wrongful thoughts. All you are doing is making more of a burden for yourself

1 hour a day will make a difference to you and to others



This is a personal decision, and you'll get a lot of opinionated people on both sides.
But...
Meds don't change personality. They just don't.
There are side effects, but 99% of them are tolerable. If you don't like the side effects, you can go off. You might find an effective one that doesn't have really bad side effects. It may take a few tries.

If you've been trying with therapy for two years and your psychologist is pushing meds, I would suggest trying them. There's nothing to lose :)

EDIT:
I am 18, too, and have been on tons of meds...if you have more concerns or questions, you can email me through my profile.
And despite what you hear from the anti-psychiatry movements, meds aren't dangerous. Antidepressants are the safest psych meds. For all the horror stories, there are tons of successes.
There are extensive tests for every med.




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