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Major depression is a treatable illness that responds to a variety of therapeutic interventions. All patients with depression should undergo a medical evaluation to rule out secondary causes of their symptoms. Please refer to my article, "How to Recognize Serious Depression" to know about signs and symptoms of major depression.
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meg1977 said
on 6/13/2008 Drugs aren't the answer. And drugs partnered with traditional therapy or counseling often aren't enough. I have been on several medications for depression and bipolar disorder and I had to get off of them because the side effects were so rough! Constant nausea and dizziness limited my ability to work and eat.
And after a year of psychotherapy, I only got worse. Initially I wasn't even suicidal, just mildly depressed. After treatment, I became suicidal and very irresponsible, and increasingly hopeless.
My college roommate, who went through much worse things than I, ended up taking her life after many antidepressants and therapists failed her.
I know many more stories of people who trusted mental health professionals and who voluntarily went through treatment, only to get into deeper problems, or to end up worse off than before.