Originally posted by IronHorse213
So I went and said, I need drugs, menopasual or depression, just give me something. Zoloft was my answer and here I am doing just fine.
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My personal opinion is that there needs to be a counseling/mental health component, not just a medication component. There are many underlying causes of depresion. If you treat only the symptoms and not the cause you areren't fixing anything, you are postponing it.

Most MD's are not equipped to work with the mental health component, but the better ones will prescibe with a referral out for counseling at least to make an assessment as to whether something is strictly biochemical or if there are roots in the psyche that need to be addressed.