I doubt druging yourself will solve whatever mental issue you have. Then again, I am without details.
I assume it's me you're adressing. And, well, Psychiatrist's orders. Or rather; recommendation. I have no idea how it's going to help, but she's experienced : 0
Alright, she thinks it's a good idea. But it's your life. The important thing is if you think this is the correct course of action. You don't know what this medication will do to you. It could change your mental state so that living is much worse on them than just enduring the mental issues. It could make you dependent. Psychiatric experience means nothing if you can't think to yourself that she's correct in her recommended treatment.
Find out about the effects and side-effects of this medication from the FDA, and think to yourself about this decision. Medical doctors of all kinds are there to use their training to help us make the best choices for ourselves. But ultimately, your thoughts on the matter are the only ones that count.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Unfortunately we don't have the FDA here(Norway *cough*)
So I can't check with them(Although we have equivalents I guess). However, it is mandatory to post EVERYTHING about it on the labels and such and such. And my psychiatrist would never, ever try to give me something that would fuck me up. Nor would I ever take it. I'm not that kind of messed up.
This is, I would add, not a decision I would really make on my own, as it turns out that my decision-making skills is not exactly on par with even a braindamaged monkey, when it comes to shit like this, and I would rather trust friends, and/or my psychiatrist.
Is this even a good way to cope with depression? I have no idea.
But, I'll check the stuff out before using it, have no worries.
Funny though, having someone directly adressing me about this over the net.
Does said happy pills work by increasing the level of endorphines in activity in your brain?
There have been studies showing that, on the long run, these pills are a really bad idea, because eventualy your brain becomes numb to the extra ammount of endorphines, which actualy makes you LESS happy, causing you to require even higher levels of endorphines to feel ok. Its a vicious circle, in the end you end up needing so much endorphines just to not be sad that there's no medication in the world, sans scary stuff like cocaine, that will keep you from going into deep drepression.
IF thats true, then "happy pills" are much more dangerous then any disorder you might have. This however, was said when these kind of pills were just entering the market, maybe they improved the formula.
Then again I'm no neurologist or psychiatrist, but seek extra information anyway.
I would presume that it is something far different than that. I don't think it's some of the heavy stuff she has recommended. I'm not that far out, as I am not in any way suicidal or something as bad. I do know what you're talking about. I think those kinds were banned here a while ago.