Reply #189: Do Not Stop Your Meds

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

If you are currently taking Anti-Depressants do not stop taking them because of advice on this board. Talk to your doctor if you have a concern. Some SSRI's work on some people other don't. This study examined 47 clinical trials, it did not do new research into SSRI's. Most people (surprisingly even many on this board) have preconceived notions of depression. A pastor once told me it was a spiritual problem, I asked him why a pill fixed it. Medically speaking we know very little of how the brain works, so if your anti-depressants help you then keep taking them and if they don't then see your doctor, maybe a different one will work for you maybe a combination of meds will help you, maybe therapy will help, maybe excercise but don't give up. We are all in it together after all. Funny after years of reading DU this is the first topic that I actually had to respond to.

David