Hi, Kelly,
Good questions, with no easy answers. Just a couple of thoughts. First, IMHO antidepressants aren't "mood altering" like pot or heroin or whatever. They don't make people high or artificially "happy". They correct a chemical imbalance in the brain and allow people with clinical depression to think, feel and function normally. No different from insulin allowing people with diabetes to eat, feel and function normally.
I have suffered two major clinical depressions in my life, both of which needed treatment with antidepressants. But I also am prone to relapse into borderline depression (called dysthymia) so I continue to take antidepressants on a maintenance dose. I have every intention of taking them the rest of my life. Like I would thyroid medicine or my fiber supplements or anything else that helped me be healthy.
Okay, I'll get down off my soapbox now!! Sorry!! Whatever you decide, we'll all be here for you, always! Good luck!
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Laura
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