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do you think there’s always a way to treat depression without medication?
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Anonymous 12w

I tried getting off medication, lived a very active lifestyle with lots of friends and joy. But at the end of the day, I have a chemical imbalance in my head that makes it so I can’t ever self-impose regulation. With my meds+lifestyle I’m the best I’ve ever been

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Anonymous 12w

it’s different for everyone, some people can’t make improvement even WITH medication and may require electroconvulsive therapy but yes, many cases of depression can be treated without medication

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Anonymous 12w

Clean food, exercise, sunlight, time with family members and masturbating or love making.

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Anonymous 12w

cognitive behavioral therapy

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Anonymous 12w

I have depression and I have for a long time without meds but, I don’t think it really ever goes away it just lessons. For example, I don’t feel depressed rn and haven’t for weeks.

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Anonymous 12w

there isn’t “ALWAYS” a way to treat any medical problem. medicine doesn’t work in absolutes.

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Anonymous 11w

To treat as in make better than it is? Yes. To treat sufficiently? Not always, no

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

i think some peoples brain hormones are so badly regulated this don’t even work

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

how do you propose getting someone who can’t leave their bed sunshine, clean food, exercise, time with family, and masturbation?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

The day people stop telling us that we can cure our depression by eating a salad is the day we will be free

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 12w

what happens when your thinking is very healthy and you’re still depressed

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 11w

Those things cannot cute depression, but they do help at least a bit

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