Some general ones I know of, is that if you want to get prenant you don't want to on meds, and there are so many published side effects... what have you personally gone through?
My story:
I was told I would not be able to get talk therapy from the therapist they assigned me at the college I went to. I kept coming in every week but she said she would refuse to treat me with talk therapy unless I went on meds. I was determined not to. After over a month, my depression got worse and I started not being able to get up on time for class. I finally decided that I wanted talk therapy and at this point I felt forced to take meds.
The first set of meds gave me full-on panic attacks w/in 3 days of starting on the meds. I had never had one before, but when I called it in, my "psychiatrist" told me it was probably just me and to wait and see if it went away. they got worse and worse in the next week and every time I called in they said to keep taking them. I missed therapist meeting because I couldn't leave my apartment because of panic attacks, I was rolling on the floor. finally a week later I got a different nurse who told me to stop the immediately.
After that, I was given something to lower my heart rate alone with a different set of meds. These just made me loopy and light headed all the time even after 2 weeks of taking them.
There was no improvement in mood on eithe rof these drugs. As a direct result of going on these drugs I was unable to participate in school or any social activities for a month. I was forcibly put on a medical leave from school as a result, losing thousands of dollars in tuition. I lost my crappy care too... I had to go off my meds cold turkey and find another provider not connected to the schoo, because the second they forced me to go on leave (yes FORCED, the director told me if I didn't sign the paper I would not be welcome back at the school next semester - I think that was untrue and illegal), I lost all access to the health center.
These drugs scarred me for life. I'll never forget rolling helplessly on the ground and being told everything was ok and just to wait it out. I'll never forget being forcibly removed from the school I was at BECAUSE of the bad treatment I recieved, and I'll never forget being told there was nothing they could do for me unless I tried medications. I shudder just thinking of it, and that is over 2 years ago now.
The good news, is that after 6 months I found an excellent therapist. she is treating me without medication and I am MUCH better. I didnt need medication, I just needed good talk therapy, and a good support system which you can get from therapy. Excercising has also helped improve my mood, along with so many skills I learned from teh internet and therapy.
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