What do you think is better help for mental health-pills or talk therapy?
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Well, Question Queen, I'm sorry, but this answer is going to be long. lol
When I was 15 I got really depressed, but really hid it. Then at 16 I couldn't take it anymore and started seeing a therapist and was put on anti-depressants. (Zoloft then; then I was put on Lexapro AND Wellbrutin) I was in therapy for over 2 years. Then I just all of a sudden stopped. (My boyfriend moved here from California, and now he's sort of become my therapist because he's my best friend.) Sometimes I regret quitting. And I feel bad for the way I left him [my therapist]; we were very close. But I just didn't think I needed it anymore. Again, sometimes I wish I hadn't because there are times when I feel that I need it still. I have self-esteem issues that are major (most people think I'm lying when I say that, but I'm not) and pretty big acceptance issues. But I'm getting better with them. You should have seen me at 16 - I didn't get out of bed that entire year. Literally. Except to go to therapy and the bathroom. I didn't get out of bed. Sometimes my parents would force me to go places with them, but I hated it. At that time I was on two anti-depressants. But what really got me through those hard times was therapy. It really made me better. Now I'm on Wellbrutin and Lamictal. I'd like to quit Lamictal, though and just be on Wellbrutin. I'm going to talk to my doctor about it. Just until about 6 months ago, I was on those two AND Lexpro - so 3 different anti-depressants.
I think you know what my answer is based upon that... Therapy is better.
I'm sorry this is so long, but I wanted you to know that I've been there and know what it's like - rather than you think I'm just talking out of my a**.
Hope this helps, dear. If you need to talk, you can always e-mail me.
well it depends because different people have different ways of coping so some people will prefer having someone to talk through their problems and others arent so open. as long as they get some form of outside help the method isnt too important.
i also think that talk threpy must be used first cause most of the people go straight to a doctor when they feel depress and the doctor give them sleeping pills and they get addicted to that i think a depression wont go worse if you just take talk threpy from the start it can fix your mind but most of the people first take the meds and than go for talk threpy they are already addicted to the pills so it dont work on them..pills can only make you sleep for a while or make your mind a little energetic for sometime and when its effect is over the person become depress again..but the talk threpy maybe a little slow in effectiveness but it really cure you from the route..
it depends.pills would work better on me...because im not the talky type person...i would just try and malnipulate or play with the therapist.
A combination of both is best, but if I had to choose one or the other, I would totally take the pills!
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