I suffer from severe depression and pure obsessional ocd and I wanted to know if there are any alternatives for treatment besides taking pills or as an add-on to my medications…(I take zoloft, abiliify, zanax and some homeopathic stuff…) Do you have any suggestions? I’ve herd about cognitive psychotherapy but I don’t know if it’s [...]

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A psychiatrist was quoted as saying "spend every penny you get the rest of your life on therapy".
If someone did that, they’d be dead of starvation in a couple weeks.
I guess he meant that no amount of money will fix the problems. What is therapy and where do low income people get it?
There is a [...]

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I am 17 (almost 18) and I have been depressed for over six years and I am scared of what I have become. Despite several years of good counseling and trying several medications, I still find myself extremely depressed, self harming and abusing drugs (not addicted but every day use of SOMETHING). Am I a [...]

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i tryed psychotherapy and medications and nothing seemd to work

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I have taken all types of medications with no help. Doctor mentioned Magnetic Brain Stimulation and also ECT.

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What kind of medications or therapies or whatever has worked for you?

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I am diagnosed with major clinical depression, suffer symptoms of adult ADD and Aspergers, and am being treated with medications for the clinical depression (wellbutrin xl 300mg). For the past 24 hours or so, my condition has been deteriorating to the point where I am constantly near the state of tears and every few [...]

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I backed out of the ECT treatments last week. I already know the risk and the benefits of ECT. I was scheduled for the treatment and I got scared. I’ve been on so many medications and years of therapy and now I’m faced with ECT. My question is about [...]

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my dad is in psychiatry right now. He (and his co-workers) are a very lucrative practice now all makin bank, and really lovin the job, but they have all warned me against going into this field of medicine because of an uncertain future. More and more states are allowing psychologists to prescribe various medications, [...]

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About a year and a half ago I underwent a surgical procedure to help remedy a painful OCD spectrum disorder that I had. This procedure, known as deep brain stimulation, could have possibly been helpful in helping me overcome my disorder — I say possibly because I’m unsure as to whether or not the [...]

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About a year and a half ago I underwent a surgical procedure to help remedy a painful OCD spectrum disorder that I had. This procedure, known as deep brain stimulation, could have possibly been helpful in helping me overcome my disorder — I say possibly because I’m unsure as to whether or not the procedure [...]

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When I was 16 I was diagnosed with clinical depression. After multiple medications and tons of counseling, I still wasn’t feeling any better. If anything the side effects of the medications were making things worse. I ended up eventually quitting my medications and stuck with my counseling and psychotherapy not much longer there after. [...]

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I’m reading about all these medications and herbs. I’m seeing stuff about cognitive therapy. I took meds like Lexapro and Zoloft in the past without much success. I have to take some steps to change my life, but don’t want to hit another dead end.

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The PTSD in question is related to a case of sexual harassment (but not sexual assault). It could also be qualified as an OCD.
Do you think the followingg methods are good?
1)Hypnotherapyy
2) Past life regression
3) Medications
4) Cognitive Behavioral Therapyy
5) Psychoanalysis
6) Other treatments (please specify)

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Now let me start out by saying I began going to a therapist and psychiatrist about 6 months ago. I was just out of college and didn’t have a job. The situation made me feel depressed and anxious. Not surprisingly, they said I have depression/anxiety. However, talking to my therapist and [...]

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