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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't "get hooked" on depression meds.  You get treated.

My depression caused me to stop eating and sleeping.  It was bad.  Welbutrin gave me my life back.[/quote]

People do end up relying on meds for years and even decades. I didn't want to be like this.  [b]I know because I've seen people on meds that have been on them long term.[/b]  Even my own doc said try therapy and life style changes first.  If those doesn't work, then try the medicines.

I do think meds are needed and great for many people suffering depression, they just weren't for me.[/quote]

Are you implying there's a problem with that?  Those people that you've seen on meds "long term," were they doing well?  Maybe that means the meds help them.  No one cautions diabetics about being on insulin "long term."  No one with heart disease says, "I didn't want to try meds because I don't want to rely on them."

If therapy and lifestyle changes work, then it's likely you don't need medication.  But there are many forms of depression that therapy and lifestyle changes don't cure.

I have also known people who have successfully taken medication temporarily in order to help get them enough out of the pit of depression that they were actually able to make lifestyle changes and give therapy a shot of working.  And then they went off of those meds when they no longer needed them.

Some people experience depression so severe they can't get out of bed or eat or function properly.  It's going to be pretty difficult to get them to successfully make lifestyle changes if they can't even get out of bed.  Meds can often at least lift the depression enough to enable a person to then make other changes.

I also think your statement "I don't want to be like this" with regard to people who rely on medication long term is judgmental and actually offensive.  You make it sound like a choice.  No one wants to have to take medication.  People with chronic illness or other issues don't want to be "like that," but you would never caution someone against seeking treatment for arthritis because they might rely on medication!  It's absurd.

And it's exactly the reason, OP, you should be careful who you talk to.  Go to a psychiatrist.   They are medical professionals.  They can help you carve out a treatment plan, with or without meds, with or without therapy.  
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