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DK,

Welcome to HealingWell and the A & P forum. I am so glad to see you have found us. You will find the members to be wise and wonderful so stick with us.

Just wondering if you have ever been to therapy ? I have depression and A & P but without meds I do not do well. I went for many years on one med which finally pooped out on me. So now I am finally on one that seems to be working better.

There are 2 types of depression, clinical and situational depression. Clinical depression is believed to be caused by a chemical imbalance and is most often treated with medication. Situational depression is caused by painful life experiences and it is therefore believed that the best treatment involves therapy to address the underlying cause. The borders get blurred because a short-term course of medication can be helpful in situational depression and because situational depression can turn into clinical depression when left untreated or when unresponsive to initial treatment.

Inside, the depressed person often experiences a lot of anxiety. This can lead to them having panic attacks. I have clinical depression so I need to take the meds and I know the anxiety that comes from having depression can be overwhelming.

Both anxiety and depression are frequently treated in much the same manner, which may explain why the two disorders are so often confused.
Weight gain is a big issue for me also so I am very leary of some of the drugs.

We do have members that only use therapy and natural remedies and hopefully you will be hearing from some of them.

Again a warm welcome,

Kitt

Welcome to the best online support group there iis

Kitt n jl have really given you great advice and

just wanted to pop on and say welcome n keep posting

i hv ocd with cleaning n balancing lol

i use the CBT online kitt has posted n it works for me n others

tk very good care

lyn

Hi, Sea!

I wouldn't say I have a positive attitude about my obesity. I hate it really! I would seriously consider bariatric surgery if there was a surgeon in town that did them and took medicaid. But I do consider my weight to be the lesser of two evils.

I am sorry that your husband is not supportive...people like him have no idea at all. It really makes me mad. I truly believe that even many therapists and docttors are clueless about what it is like...they "think" they know, but they don't!!! I had a therapist once that wanted me to enter a group home for anxiety, where I couid learn to deal with getting and keeping a job, etc. She told me about one patient that was actually working at Burger King and how the manager was made aware of her struggle, blah blah blah.........!!!!!!!!!!! Talk about depressing! She wanted me to leave my home and family, live in a group home with little privacy, and learn an exciting job like flipping burgers! WooHoo!!! I did not even go to tour the home! She got mad and I didn't care! But you know what? By saying "NO" to her, I actually started feeling better somewhat! LOL! It was like a turning point for me! I still don't work secularly...am on SSI. And don't misunderstand, there's no shame in working for a fast food place or any place, but it wasn't an incentive at all! The idea scared the mud outta me! Anyway, I found out a few years later that my therapist handled her stress by SMOKING and this despite the fact that she had leukemia in remission! I felt for her condition, but found it very hypocritical! So I'm not all that big on a lot of therapists!

jl