wow!

This is an absolute awesomest comment ever!

Put those THREE together, and there is no way a person won’t be mentally and physically much much stronger

And it is not as if we are discovering a new continent.

Mens sana in corpore sano (“A sound mind in a sound body.”) Thales 600BC

The concept that we can only be mentally/emotionally healthy if and only if our body is overall healthy is at least 2,600 years old.

Selling pills on the other hand makes the CORPORATIONS ( which provides the funding for most of the UNIVERSITIES researches ) A TON OF MONEY. And they are not gonna let that slips away without a fight. The “indoctrination” starts from the very top.

Just like Nurse Mildred Ratched ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – 1975 ) would say in a polite and gentle manner: “Medication Time, Medication Time…”

PS.: I was on the TUBE once and two guys came to me asking for donation for CANCER research. I ask them: ” is this money for researching a cure, of for researching the cause ?” They replied: “the cure” and I said: “well then you won’t get a penny out of me.”

Thank you :), I am glad you enjoyed the article 🙂

I feel that I must correct you in saying that Depression is not Bi-Polar Disorder, but a facet of Bi-Polar Disorder in the Bi-Polar spectrum, with Manic Depression at the extreme bottom end and Hypermania at the extreme top.

A very interesting read none the less, 😀

Yes, definitely show this to your mom.

All the best to your mom!

I am very thankful that your shared your story, trust me I know how it can be. I am also very glad that you were able to recognize all of those things in your life your self, because sadly not very many people are able to do that. It makes me really happy to know that there are others who are just like me, who were tired of living this nightmare and decided to take control of their life, now we just have to spread our message to others as much as we can.

Tatianna

So home I went and started my medication….2 years later I was still in the same depressive state with my life spiralling out of control and I was still waiting for the “magic pill” to take effect. By now, I was unemployed, no longer having contact with friends or family, eating poorly, gaining weight, constantly tired and venturing out of the house only as required. Added to this were my feelings of guilt over what effect my state of mind would be having on my poor little girl.

About 8 months ago, I decided that I would no longer take the medication that I was given. It took quite sometime to get over the effects of having taken medication so long. I was very irritable and moody and just generally felt very out of whack.

About 4 months ago, I began to really look closely at all the events that happened in my life to bring me to my current state. Whilst, I know that I have issues that stem from a very bad childhood from which I know my deep seeded problems arise, I also know that there were also a number of determining factors which contributed to my demise.

If I am to be really honest, I know that my depression became truly unmanageable due to a mismanagement of issues over which I had total control over. These included areas in my life such as poor job satisfaction, poor financial management, decreased physical activity, poor nutrition and surrounding myself with negative people.

I am now on the path of taking control over my life again and working on becoming more efficient. My first step was in getting more organised and it has been an eye opener to see that such a simple thing can impede on so many aspects of your life. It has allowed me to become a better mother, more aware of my financial position and spending habits, taught me to set realistic goals and on completion of each task or goal I have gained more self satisfaction and respect for myself.

I really feel that at an age where all countries are crippled by a failing and overburdened health system the easiest and cheapest option is to refer people to the magical pill which will solve their problem. I think back now over all the time I had wasted and the despair I felt when even the supposed magic pill did not provide me with the relief that I was hoping for, when really all I probably needed was a fresh pair of eyes and some advice as to how to improve me situation. As a result I believe that there are a number of factors which would assist someone in releasing themselves from that depressive dark beast, these would include;
Eating healthy, exercise, an understanding support network (I cannot stress enough the importance of this since this is what I lacked the most and made my time even more difficult), surrounding yourself with positive people, movies, music etc, getting at least 10 minutes of sun time each day (since now a days the number of people suffering from vitamin D deficiency is staggering and only increasing), setting small realistic and achievable goals, recognising that depression is transient and it can be overcome one small step at a time, taking stock of your life and taking control over those aspects of your life you CAN control, relieve yourself from stress and seeking those things that give you some enjoyment (this on is hard….especially when you are so low and unmotivated…a good friend is helpful).

I really believe that if you were to advise someone that you would prescribe medication as a way of assisting them to take back control over their lives in the interim and arming them with strategies for doing so and providing people with information on support groups which could assist with this I believe that this sort of therapy would be more successful.

As I have said, I am still a work in progress and I still have a long way to go but in reading this I feel more justified and assured in my belief that what I am doing is the right thing. Thanks so much.

(I am soooo sorry about the long post)!!