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depression without medication?
| Tue, 04-06-2004 - 4:23pm |
Hi,
I'm into my fourth week of Effexor and it's just making me so sick and unhappy I really want to stop. I have NO energy left to do anything. I have always been active and now I can barely hoist myself off the couch, let alone do the things I am supposed to do. This is so frustrating!
I have seen a psychiatrist about my condition and I don't seem to be severely depressed; there are other issues at the root of this which I will be addressing in psychotherapy. I'm going to ask him whether I can do this without medication because it's making me so unhappy and frankly, I have less of a life now than I did before I started to take the damn pills.
Has anybody else been through anything similar? Is it possible to beat depression without medication?

If your doctor suggests that you stick to it, then try to stay with it for a couple more weeks and then if the problems dont change, I would put my food down and demand a different prescription. Maybe you could also get some different opinions on it byt different doctors. I hope everything works out in the end and that you get the right medication for you :) Take care