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It's really starting to drive me nuts when people say things like "oh, antidepressants can't do all the work," "they're just for giving you time and space to get better," etc.

Uh, no, not always. I don't have anything to "work through." I was kind of batshit for a while, and all there was to it was needing some levels adjusted. Simple as that. Will I be on medication for the rest of my life? Yes. (If all goes well, anyway.) And that's just fine.

Those people are more naysayers than pollyannas, aren't they?

...True.

But there's just something about that stance that I find kind of overly... I don't know, simplistically optimistic or something.

Ugh, I hate that. Trauma can happen, sure. But, sometimes, the only thing that's wrong is faulty brain chemistry.

Maybe they're trying to placate/bring around people who are anti-medication?

or, possibly trying to encourage those who first try medication and it takes a long while (weeks, months) for it to work right, or when it's not the right dosage/medication, not to give up on medication?

Your situation is atypical. I get that it must be irritating to come across that, but in most cases anti-depressants do only a small part of the work. All kinds of people don't have anything to work through but they do have to work on modifying their behavior.

I find it strange that you're being told that you will be on medication for the rest of your life. As first a psychiatric patient and later a milieu therapist on a mood disorders wing of a psychiatric hospital, I've never once heard of a situation like yours.

...Uh, I'm the one who's saying I'll be on medication for the rest of my life. Because it works really well for me, and I don't see the problem with sticking with something that works.

...You've never heard of a mood disorder/depression being caused by a chemical imbalance in someone's brain?

Admittedly, I'm bipolar* as hell, but it wasn't my behavior that was causing what was going on with me, it was a chemical imbalance in my brain. Once I was on meds that worked? I was fine.

*At least, that's what they'd settled on last time they said anything about it to me

After reading all the comments on this thread,i'm gonna risk a comment. My thoughts on the whole thing? People are either fucked up biologically, psychologically or a mix of the two and however they want to sort it out to make themselves happy... well,more power to 'em.

If meds work for someone and they don't think they need more than that, then rock on.

If meds don't work for someone without therapy or other helps, then they should do what makes them the best person they can be.

No one else has the right to tell them something different.

Basis for my opinion: I was dx'd as bipolar some years ago, spent a ton of time (10 yrs+) on meds and in therapy but didn't improve. Got off all of it and accepted personal responsibility for my actions and my life (whatever I did was my own fault, not my disorder's). I'm better now. No meds, no therapist, even and stable. Was I ever really sick to begin with? Don't know, doesn't matter, this works. If that changes, i know what to do and where to go.

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