Afraid of medication

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I feel so bad right now, I am so depressed and stressed out. I know I really need medication but I am so afraid of it, the side effects, and afraid that I wont feel myself. I have not been to the doctors and really need help but just cant seem to get any help. My brain has really been messed up lately with having seizures and the after effects of them. I don't have a job or health insurance and I have trouble trying to contact people because I don't use the phone and am in need of a new speech device. It feels like such a battle, trying to communicate with people what I need and what is happening. I have been trying to figure this all out and get help for years now but I never end up getting anywhere.

I'm pretty sure that if you don't like the medications, you will go back to your current self if you stop taking them. My son took some for a while, and it was enough for him to get a handle on things that were overwhelming him so he could deal. He's been off them for years now, but they really did help him.

I have (had?) an aversion to medication, because I'm afraid of not feeling like myself. what I've noticed though is that even if you only go on for a little while, it can help. if you don't like it and go off the meds after (with doctor's permission!! !! !) it may have helped regulate chemicals, or give you a new perspective, both of which can help a lot.

anti depressants arent cheap... a 1 month supply for me costs around $450, thank god for medical insurance, i only co-pay $10...

I don't know which one that is, but I do know most are a lot cheaper that that. Here in the Netherlands a lot of them have prices 10-30 € per month. I don't think prices elsewhere are higher.

Just checked my wifes Citalopram/Cipramil: €9,20/30.

On Topic: when I was younger I was also anti-medicine. My first AD changed me a little in so far as dampening every feeling I had. It did however remove some sharp edges and when I stopped the dampening ended as well. My second one was milder, so I only had positive effects except for gaining a lot of weight. I lost most of it easily after quiting. So yes, they do have side effects, but if they are too bad you can always switch.

My depression left when I stopped taking meds.
I mean all meds all together.

Millions of people are like you - no job, no health insurance. I would go to Health Care for the Homeless - a Community Clinic. They can prescribe an-antiseize med. They all work as far as I know. And for depression an SSRI might not have that many side effects.

So go to the medicaid website or to a clinic for homeless people or just a neighborhood health center and they can hook you up with Medicaid or something similar.

well you probally would need a med for seizures.

btw most antisiezure drugs have a mood stablizing effect so you might kill too birds with one stone.

AS for depression screw that. THere are alterativies. one thing to do would be to get your thyroid tested because depression is a common sympton of low thyroid. Take lots of omega 3 a natural mood stabilizer and b vitamins wich are low in depressed people as well as multiminerals magnesium chelate 5htp taurine phenylaline tyrsoine l-dopa l-theanine and other amino acids wood betony and avena sativa are good for depression. For best results go to a naturopath Try going for biofeedback, cbt, mindfullness based stress reduction accupuncture. and finally good old exercise.


Depression can also be the result of a slight head injury, its also a sign something is out of wack in
your life and it needs to be fixed and is often a signal to slow down and recoup.


Stay away from ssri's, they have been found to be no better than a placebo and are a big reason people develope new symptons and become suicidal and homicidal.