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Originally Posted by 17271
Months ago, I was having an argument with my mom. It really got me angry. I thought about the argument later and it made me mad (angry enough to hit a wall, for example), but instead of hitting a wall, I hit myself on the side of the head. It wasn't really that hard neither... but it did cause a minor bruise that healed up in about a week.
But the next day when I woke up, my mood felt different. I can't really describe it. I also felt I had to give some extra effort to enjoy doing things I liked everyday. It was noticeable enough that I went to the doctor the same day.
My doctor learned about the situation, and he gave me mild depression pills. I asked him if I should get X-Rays of my head, and he said "you didn't crack your skull, no." He told me to just take the pills and I'll be fine.
Now, I took the pills for five days, and I felt completely normal after that. Normal like always. But about a month later, the lack of wanting to do things came back. My sex drive was much less, among other kinda small things, like lacking pleasure in some activities I once enjoyed every day. My sperm is also kinda runny at times and my erection feels a tad different, though that might be because of the pills.
My point is, I still kinda feel this way. I haven't took all of my mild depression pills yet, but do I need to?
What I'm asking is, do you think I just have mild depression and it'll go away sometime after I take all my pills, or is the problem something else that the doctor didn't recognize?
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I would research (ask your pharmacist about) all the potential side effects of the pills including long term ones. I've had clients with allergies who took allergy meds long term and later developed problems with erectile dysfunction (a long term side effect). Taking drugs for a long time for chronic problems is great for the profits of the medical establishment and not as good for the patient.
There are probably natural treatments you could be on with NO SIDE effects that are less expensive than the drugs you take now. A good Naturopathic Doctor (and N.D NOT and M.D) would be able to help you with the underlying cause of your depression, suggest changes you can make in your lifestyle to get rid of it and in a matter of months you could be depression free!
Unfortunately, conventional medical doctors are NOT trained in detecting CAUSES of disease, nor are they trained in how to strengthen your immune system and your overall health and well being. Instead they are trained how to treat SYMPTOMS with DRUGS and SURGERY to "help you live longer with your disease or condition" (which means of course, taking the drugs for the rest of your life).
The Naturopaths I use have patients all over the world and have been curing so-called "incurable" (by conventional medicine) diseases for 30 years. Dr Jansen was a former medical doctor. The see out of area patients via phone appts. They have a two hour radio show in the Providence/Boston area that streams live Saturday mornings from 8-10 eastern time so anyone with a computer anywhere in the world can listen. Next Saturday you could call in with a question to the show about your problem or you could email them or call. Their website is
www.holistichealthline.com
For more information about what a Naturopath is and how much training they have visit
http://www.naturopathic.org/
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