Originally Posted by imjustme
I am thinking about getting pills for depression. A woman at work takes them because of issues at home and said they help her. I want to try them. My brother passed away almost 2 years ago and I have gotten really good at acting like I am ok, when in fact I am not. I went to a counselor for awhile, but that didn't help. I am in a online support group for siblings that lost a sibling. I do have good moments , but I do very badly when I am alone. I think its because then I don't have to act like I have it all together. I just try to straighten up before I get out of the car. My life and how I feel now is nothing like how I use to be. I just keep thinking about that day and what happend, and how I don't know how long it will be before I get to see him again.
Don't worry. You can talk to a GOOD doctor and decide together if trying something low dose and then increase till you find your fit.
If you don't feel better after a bit, try something else, but do ask around for a good doctor.
I personally don't like family doctors medicating anything past mild depression. They aren't equipped for it.
If it is real, but mild, then it's probably ok, but otherwise a psychiatrist or a psy/therapist is a better answer.
I have had them all.
My situation is not mild, so I was misdiagnosed for many years, but even on the wrong meds, I was better off, than on no meds.
Yes, we all put on our happy faces to protect others, don't we?
hugs, dearheart:D