In today’s society many people face different obstacles that can increase anxiety and depression in their life. Many times when people are diagnosed with depression they are prescribed antidepressants from their doctor or therapist. People who are depressed take antidepressants to achieve a higher level of happiness but at times it can have good and bad outcomes. By evaluating how antidepressants can increase happiness, the bad results of antidepressants, and how people with mild depression diagnosis‘ can attain happiness without medication.
People with depression and anxiety suffer from a life style of discouragement and despair. Doctors prescribe medications such as antidepressants, that help with depression, so that patients can feel better and are able to do everyday work. Many people who have taken or take anti depressants say that it helped them be stable and get well in life. They have also said that their happiness level increased greatly due to the medication. They knew not only by the doctors sayings, but of how they felt inside and their internal increase of delight. Andrea Nicki explains, “ With faith in our bodily wisdom, surely we can know when a drug for any illness seems to be helping or not without a doctors “expert” opinion” (59). People should realize when medication works on their body and if it is really helping them in their life. They should also really determine if the drug is really what they need to get well in life, and is it going to bring them the stability that they long for.
Although many people believe that antidepressant drugs help them increase their contentment, others believe that it can cause harm to your body due to suicide thoughts and negative side effects. Some side effects of anti depressants are nausea, weight gain or loss, fatigue, tremors, and anxiety. Some of these effects go away after a while but some can last for a long time and even get worst. People 65 or older, teens and adolescents and pregnant women have certain risk factors that are also harmful for themselves if they take antidepressants. At times anti depressants can even increase depression and increase the thought of suicide. With people knowing these effects of antidepressants they should really consider if the medication would help them overcome depression. “ I wonder though if my depression is “unbearable” without medication only because I know that this medication exist, states Greg Critser (40). Some people believe that only medication can help them face their depression, but there are other ways and activities that can also increase happiness and decrease depression.
People who are diagnosed with depression have other ways to gain happiness without medication. Not all people who are depressed need medication to feel better and acquire happiness. If their doctor evaluates them and they need anti depressants for them to be able to do everyday activities then they can take anti depressants and also use other ways to help them with their depression. Some people depend on only medication to help them defeat depression, but Andrea Nicki states, “ Anti depressants should be used only as one tool among others for facilitating a woman’s happiness” (59). People can take talk therapy, which can help people say how they feel and get their emotions out. Take walks, Get enough sleep at night and if possible play a sport or hobby. Light therapy is used for those who have seasonal depression. This can help by the exposure of light from a light therapy box because it helps control biochemical changes in the brain that effects certain kinds of depression. Also by keeping positive thoughts and having someone to confine in, people can slowly but surely over come depression and increase happiness.
Anti depressant drugs can help people who are depressed gain happiness. People should always seek to find if a medication is really doing its job in making them overcome their sickness. Even though anti depressants can lift a person up, there is also a chance that it can bring them down. Anti depressants have some harmful side effects and if a person is considering taking them they should take into part that they can have some other challenges along with defeating depression. People can use anti depressants to help them increase happiness along with taking therapy and keeping out negative thoughts. This can show that good and bad outcomes can occur by taking anti depressants to increase ones happiness in life.
I think your thesis is very strong in this blog! You made a lot of good points about anti depressants, and how it can effect your life style. It can either help you or hurt you depending on what you use it for. I like how you brought age and women who are pregrenant into the topic. You may be able to add on to this topic. For Example: What are the risk factors if a women who is pregrenant takes anti-depressants? Or even a teenager or 65 year old person? Good job altogether!
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