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Finally - and I'm going to sound like a Neanderthal here - I'm not a fan of automatically prescribing anti-depressants for situational depression. My advice would be to see a counselor and decide with her if anti-depressants would be helpful. I know this goes against the current common practice, but I think I'm old enough to be firmly retro in this matter.

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I agree with you here Sand! I feel like too many people go to their doctor's and say "I need antidepressants" and the doctors give out the prescriptions too readily. It seems EVERYONE is on them these days and something about that just doesn't sit well with me. Don't get me wrong - I do completely believe that there are people out there who really do NEED them, but I think doctors are too quick to give them out just because they are asked, when there are probably underlying issues that should be addressed....

And I'm 27 and I majored in psychology in college (I have a BA in psychology, though my job is not in that field) - you said you're old enough to be retro about this - I'm not sure how old you are, but just wanted to throw in my age for your comparison.

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Michelle
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