Old 03-09-2017, 02:48 AM
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rescuer
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Anti-depressants helped me in a big way when I was going through a severe depressive period. I took them for about two years. (Now take mood stabilisers for separate reasons). I just want to repeat what an earlier poster said about diet, exercise, sleep etc, maybe therapy too. Coming out of a severe depression involves a complete transformation of your personality and way of living (just like recovery from alcoholism or from codependency). Medication is not enough in itself, though for some such as me and maybe others here it played an essential role. I don't think I could have started the process without it.
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