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Normal people have ups and downs all the time. Your inner biorhythm must keep a healthy balance and because of that our moods curve up and down. When a person suffers from major depression they have abnormal lows which can cause suicidal ideation. Store Blog The symptoms of depression include a feeling that life isn’t worth living and you don’t have the strength to get out of bed in the morning or to perform simple tasks, changed eating habits like eating too much or loss of appetite, irritation all the time, insomnia or oversleeping, thoughts of suicide, listlessness and hopelessness. If these feelings persist for more than two weeks then you are likely to suffer from depression.

To maintain a healthy balance of the chemicals in our brains it is sometimes necessary to take medication. Not all anti depressants work with everyone and it takes time to find the right one to treat your illness. If you feel completely emotionally dead and numb then you should talk to your doctor about it. Obviously the medication you are using is not the one for you or you are not depressed. There is a very big difference between feeling down and an imbalance of serotonin in the brain.

Many health care professionals are too quick to describe medication. When you have symptoms such as nausea, off balance, dizziness, memory loss, confusion and slurred speech then you are likely being overdosed. Do get a second opinion if you don’t feel normal. It is your right to get the proper treatment and don’t just accept what your doctor or psychiatrist tell you as the truth.

I trusted the psychiatrist I was seeing and it almost destroyed my life. He prescribed lithium and nepolex (an anti psychotic drug) I didn’t know grief was psychosis, after the death of my father. I experienced all the above symptoms but he just urged me to keep on taking the medication. After I almost lost my life I stopped taking the medication and returned to a normal state of mind.

Don’t ever agree to Electro Convulsive Treatment in any situation. It is a barbaric practise and will do nothing to help you but cause irreparable damage to your brain. Try to find out everything you can about any kind of drug you are prescribed before taking it. Don’t just blindly believe and accept what the doctor or psychiatrist tells you. Talk to different people and do research on the prescribed drug to avert any negative reaction it may have on you.