Originally posted by: Enigma24
i think what u suffered from was due to ongoing stressors in your life. In those cases medicine may help but more so therapy will make u better. In case of a major depressive disorder, why i said medicine is mainstay is because depression is not just psychological but also has a biological and genetic component to it.
If a person's genetic makeup makes him prone to depression, therapy works but not as the single option of treatment. Always medication alone or medication with therapy work better than therapy alone.
Also, Psychiatric illnesses are many, its a vast subject in itself and i have seen patients who refused to take medication suffer a lot because of the risk factors that they had.
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