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Originally Posted by letswastemoney

Hospitals cannot fix depression.....only when someone faces their problems will it be fixed. I absolutely hate anti depressants....

5 years ago, I was so depressed and didn't know who to turn to, so I turned to doctors and told them how I felt...and they just kept saying, "Here get these pills and you'll be fine!!!" And so I would take Paxil, Prozac, and many other wonderful drugs that I'll remember for the rest of my life.

The problem is I don't have many friends, but drugs aren't going to fix that and it took me a long time to realize that I have to fix what's truly wrong rather than seeking a temporary cure.

Depression is often what Doctors tell people they have if they don't know what's wrong with them. They don't have to keep testing for hormonal problems etc. that can be hard to detect. Like, for instance, Oprah said she went to 4 doctors before she found out she had a hormone deficiency. A typical woman would of been told depression was causing her fatigue. If something's not easy to diagnose, then they say you have depression. They don't have to prove someone has depression. There is no test for it. Sure, if there are severe mood problems, then it's probably depression, but too often people with fatigue get labeled as depressed. Whether you're on antidepressants or not, if you have something other than depression, then it's not gunna get better unless it gets treated. Do they do full hormonal work ups on people before they call them depressed? No, they're too cheap. They do some basic blood tests with huge normal value ranges, and if those few simple basic tests aren't abnormal, then guess what? You're gunna get diagnosed as depressed. It's their cheapest option.