How do I get my hands on antidepressants?
As in, how do I get the psychologist to prescribe me antidepressants? Its literally the only thing I went in for. I want to see if real pills will affect anything overtime, not those, “TODAY I WANT YOU TO TRY AND…”
I want some real, accurate method. Is there any way? What can I say? I don’t want to directly ask, what if they think I’m, I don’t know, forcing it for the wrong reasons? I don’t know at all. It was the main reason why I went for a psychologist. To see if real help will come my way and even make the SLIGHTEST change to my behaviors in the morning, afternoon, and evenings.
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GTSuicide_6, yeah these days you have to go to a psychologist, it getting worse everyday, i my self haven’t gone, a few years ago i went to the doctor and got some anti depressants, they did take the edge off but are not a cure, they were helpful for a few months, the side effects of them were completely intolerable i’m not going to go into details but google them and you will see what i mean, really nothing wrong with wanting to take a pill and everything magically will get better but it’s not the solution, you have to think real hard what your underlining problem is, what’s causing you to feel depressed and start dealing with it, pills can’t do that only you can, a lot of people don’t even know why there depressed, it’s hard to figure it out because when your depressed about something it effect everything your think about, think! what is really bothering you! find the root cause and work on facing it and fixing it. it will take some time but you will make progress, that’s what the psychologist is going to tell you and charge you a lot of money anyways , i just saved you a few bucks 🙂
I knew this would the initial response, “Side effects, it may not work, pills wont cure your problems, you have to.”
i’m not looking for a PERMANENT solution.
But if those pills work, if theres even the slightest improvement, I might believe there is hope, and I’ll keep living.
At this point, i have nothing to lose.
I am gonna end it all in a month, why not take pills?
GTSuicide_6, BY ALL MEANS GET SOME PILLS! IT WILL HELP!
There’s nothing wrong with medication. There is something wrong with relying on it entirely, but there’s nothing wrong with being medicated. Some people just need it.
ANYWAY, GT, I would like to point out that a psychologist can’t prescribe medication. Only a psychiatrist can.
I was going to reply but yeah, whiskered said it already, you have to go to a psychiatrist for meds. Hell, i think i’ve never walked into a psychiatrist’s office without leaving with some sort of prescription now that i think about it, lol.
I know about the psychiatrist thing. I do.
But I also know that psychologists can prescribe antidepressants as well.
Some nights I wish I had my pocked filled with prescriptions.
Whiskered and Mf are correct – psychologists cannot prescribe. Psychiatrists and general practitioners can. My family doc gave me my Rx. For me, it took the edge off of the endogenous portion of my depression so that I have more energy and function a little better, but it is also allowed me to see the extent to which my depression is situational and existential. So if your psychologist will not recommend a psychiatrist, or you do not want to go that route, you could just ask your family physician.