Posted by rainbowbrite on February 9, 2005, at 22:22:25
Ok I am not sure if I am posting on the right board but i am trying to figure something out. Is a person dependent on medication forever once they are on them for and extended period of time?
i am really struggling to understand disorders of the brain. I feel in some ways that I do not need medication, but when I lower my medications I really feel low and high and there is no consistancy.
Once we are on medications do we then create a dependancce on drugs unless we want to SUFFER endless days of mental anguish until our brains go back to the way they were before?
the whole idea of CBT really confuses me. If it is our thought processes that create depression than why are we still on meds?
Is it healthy to be on drugs for extended periods of time?
How have people come to terms with accepting that they are going to have to take drugs forever and rely on something to keep your mood even? I think about the possibility of being stranded in a country where my med does not exist, what would I do? Does anyone relate to this?
i am so lost right now, feeling like Im dependant on chemicals to be ok.
And what is the possibility that these drugs just have a placebo affect adn thats it?
i apoligize for all the questions im just trying to understand
Thank you
Rain
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