Moved by the news of the suicide of a regular on the #joiito IRC channel, Elizabeth Lane Lawley shares about coping with depression.:
The depression had come on slowly, insidiously. I hadn’t realized how very deep into it I was until the medication boosted me back out. After I rejoiced in that for a while, though, new fears arose. “What if I need to be on this forever?” That scared me—I didn’t want to be dependent on a drug for my well-being.
She continues…
When someone develops diabetes, or anemia, or high blood pressure, we don’t expect them to “deal with it,” to show enough personal strength to overcome their problems. We don’t see them as weak for turning to medication to deal with their symptoms. I slowly came to see depression in the same light, and it helped me a lot to understand my initial resistance to the medication, and my fear of taking it on an ongoing basis.
<p>Moved by the news of <a href="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/08/26/rest_in_peace.php">the suicide of a regular on the #joiito IRC channel</a>, Elizabeth Lane Lawley <a href="http://mamamusings.net/archives/2003/08/26/control_freak.php">shares about coping with depression</a>.:</p>
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<p>The depression had come on slowly, insidiously. I hadn’t realized how very deep into it I was until the medication boosted me back out. After I rejoiced in that for a while, though, new fears arose. “What if I need to be on this forever?” That scared me—I didn’t want to be dependent on a drug for my well-being.</p>
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<p>She continues…</p>
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<p>When someone develops diabetes, or anemia, or high blood pressure, we don’t expect them to “deal with it,” to show enough personal strength to overcome their problems. We don’t see them as weak for turning to medication to deal with their symptoms. I slowly came to see depression in the same light, and it helped me a lot to understand my initial resistance to the medication, and my fear of taking it on an ongoing basis.</p>
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