How to Cure Depression Using The Secret

In December 2004, I was diagnosed with depression. I took Wellbutrin for about a year, went off of it for awhile and then took it again for another few months. Then last summer it hit again. In July 2006, I was diagnosed with chronic recurring depression and my doctor prescribed Prozac. Both times I also entered counseling. Anyone who has ever suffered from depression understands the ups and downs of the disease. Bursting into tears one moment, laughing hysterically the next, fatigue, lack of energy, and a lack of desire to enjoy activities you used to enjoy are all part of living with depression. Shortly after I was diagnosed in July, my brother was killed in a car accident. Five days after his funeral, my boyfriend left me for another woman. I share this not to gain sympathy, but to give you an insight into the depths of the depression I was suffering. I honestly couldn't function for a period of time. I missed work, I quit eating, I lost weight. Never in my life had I been at such a low. Eventually, the counseling and Prozac brought me to at least an even keel, and I was at least able to exist and function in a relatively "normal" manner.

After a time, however, I quit counseling as I wasn't sure it was helping, not to mention it was costing me a fortune! The Prozac seemed to keep me going. But, as anyone who has ever taken anti-depressants will tell you, living life medicated is not an optimum existence. It is, in some ways, just that. An existence. Prozac is associated with several side effects including insomnia, weight gain and weight loss, loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea, tension headaches and, of course, sexual side effects. This begs the question is the treatment worse than the disease? Are you simply choosing the lesser of two evils? Good questions with no easy answer.