Medication is a tool. THrowing a wrench at a car with engine trouble will not fix it. At best you'll get a dent in the hood. Medication can help deal with symptoms, but just because the symptoms are gone or lessened doesn't mean the underlying problem is gone. It's like wearing earplugs because your engine is making funny noises and then being confused when the engine falls out. "but it wasn't making noises anymore!"
Thing is, most everyone is odd in their own little way. There seems to be this trend of trying to medicate everyone down to some prescribed 'normal'... Don't take me wrong, there are definitely people who *need* medicine. (Mumsie dearest comes immediately to mind.) But not everyone. and certainly therapy ought to be just as important.
Unfortunately, therapy costs more than medicine. Mum actually lost her health insurance for about a year because she went to therapy too much. (hrm, who'd've guessed that someone taking care of their terminally ill husband would get depressed?) And yet, despite all of the therapy and whatnot, I've yet to see someone sit her down and say, 'so everyone you know except your husband is a bad person who's betrayed you or your friendship at some point, and this is a pattern going back across your entire life? Have you ever considered that maybe there's something seriously wrong with how you relate to other people?"
*puts soapbox back in closet* I've had enough experiences dealing with people dealing with mental health issues that I could go on for hours. Our approach to mental health in this country is *horrible*. Even when people are getting therapy, that therapy is often shitty.
Re: appologies
Thing is, most everyone is odd in their own little way. There seems to be this trend of trying to medicate everyone down to some prescribed 'normal'... Don't take me wrong, there are definitely people who *need* medicine. (Mumsie dearest comes immediately to mind.) But not everyone. and certainly therapy ought to be just as important.
Unfortunately, therapy costs more than medicine. Mum actually lost her health insurance for about a year because she went to therapy too much. (hrm, who'd've guessed that someone taking care of their terminally ill husband would get depressed?) And yet, despite all of the therapy and whatnot, I've yet to see someone sit her down and say, 'so everyone you know except your husband is a bad person who's betrayed you or your friendship at some point, and this is a pattern going back across your entire life? Have you ever considered that maybe there's something seriously wrong with how you relate to other people?"
*puts soapbox back in closet* I've had enough experiences dealing with people dealing with mental health issues that I could go on for hours. Our approach to mental health in this country is *horrible*. Even when people are getting therapy, that therapy is often shitty.