My parents made me go to a doctor when i was younger who diagnosed me with "depression" (and gave me the whole shpeal about how its a disease caused by chemical imbalances in your head) and put me on meds that I didn't need and didn't do anything. The source of my depression was the fact that I didn't have any friends, so I was like waaaa i don't have any friends, i don't have a life, this life isn't worth living. I didn't have chemical imbalances in my head, and all it took was for me to realize all of the things that I did have, and did have going for me, and that I had my computer games to entertain me and the friends that I met on them and talk to while playing. And realize that some day, I will meet a good group of friends that I can hang out with in real life, and it will be worth the wait.
I also could have easily been diagnosed with A.D.D. if I brought it up, but it's not a matter of that people can't physically pay attention in class, it's that they don't want to pay attention because it's boring and they'd rather be thinking about other things and have their eyes wandering around the room. But they/I just had to realize that I need to be paying attention, I need to get good grades so that I can get into college and have a good career.
I've also seen many people being diagnosed with "disorders" that they don't even have, and put on medication for it. Only to get a second opinion which proved the doctor wrong.
Doctors are paid to tell you things are wrong with you and that you need medication, but the fact is that human kind has gone soo many years without it, because they were able to figure out their problems themselves. But unfortunately, we live in the day in age where there's a drug for everything, and yeah, it is designed to fix your "problems" but that isn't helping you, and can cause you to be dependent on them, and can change your personality. And i've seen too many people who are fun interesting quirky people off their medication, and that is what makes them unique, therefore interesting. But doctors think that if people don't act like their expected "norm" that they need to be sedated and stabilized, but this can cause you not to be your true self, and all you really need is to change the way you think and put things into a better perspective. I myself have found the joys and perks of being an optimist, which has worked wonders for me. There's absolutely no point in worrying about things in life, as the saying goes, "If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it"
Is it normal to be depressed even on meds?
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My parents made me go to a doctor when i was younger who diagnosed me with "depression" (and gave me the whole shpeal about how its a disease caused by chemical imbalances in your head) and put me on meds that I didn't need and didn't do anything. The source of my depression was the fact that I didn't have any friends, so I was like waaaa i don't have any friends, i don't have a life, this life isn't worth living. I didn't have chemical imbalances in my head, and all it took was for me to realize all of the things that I did have, and did have going for me, and that I had my computer games to entertain me and the friends that I met on them and talk to while playing. And realize that some day, I will meet a good group of friends that I can hang out with in real life, and it will be worth the wait.
I also could have easily been diagnosed with A.D.D. if I brought it up, but it's not a matter of that people can't physically pay attention in class, it's that they don't want to pay attention because it's boring and they'd rather be thinking about other things and have their eyes wandering around the room. But they/I just had to realize that I need to be paying attention, I need to get good grades so that I can get into college and have a good career.
I've also seen many people being diagnosed with "disorders" that they don't even have, and put on medication for it. Only to get a second opinion which proved the doctor wrong.
Doctors are paid to tell you things are wrong with you and that you need medication, but the fact is that human kind has gone soo many years without it, because they were able to figure out their problems themselves. But unfortunately, we live in the day in age where there's a drug for everything, and yeah, it is designed to fix your "problems" but that isn't helping you, and can cause you to be dependent on them, and can change your personality. And i've seen too many people who are fun interesting quirky people off their medication, and that is what makes them unique, therefore interesting. But doctors think that if people don't act like their expected "norm" that they need to be sedated and stabilized, but this can cause you not to be your true self, and all you really need is to change the way you think and put things into a better perspective. I myself have found the joys and perks of being an optimist, which has worked wonders for me. There's absolutely no point in worrying about things in life, as the saying goes, "If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it"