“Again the lectures from s/o who knows more than us. Yes, this is one of our responsibilities, but sometimes this can be ascertained from the history alone”
I don’t know what bee got in your bonnet, Health, or why you are responding to me in such an arrogant manner. It is mamesh not becoming of you. I am done with this conversation with you. I wish you a good Shabbos.
To the rest of the readers, please do not blindly accept at face value what any doctor tells you, and especially when it comes to mental health issues. There could be an underlying physiological reason for the apparent emotional disorder, and when THAT illness is treated, the depression could disappear. As soon as my mom was given hormone replacement for her non-functioning thyroid and adrenal glands, she was her old self overnight.
When someone truly DOES suffer from emotional illness that cannot be eased through cognitive or behavioral therapy, and medication is warranted, then unquestionably that is the route to go, or some combination of meds and therapy may be needed. This is not a lecture. It is my conclusion, drawn from experience. I thought this was a forum where one could express an opinion.