Very true but even if medication is needed per a doctor or psychiatrist I would first seek council from a Christian source. Especially with mind altering drugs.
I just found this in the worship service prayer I am editing for tomorrow for my Pastor and wanted to post it on FR.
Our spiritual senses are blinded and clouded over by a huge amount of noise and dirt. One of the greatest sources for this noise and dirt arises from the judgments of our minds. Heavenly Father Enable us to realize that it is not by the judgments of our minds that we become overcomers:
INDEED. VERY WELL PUT.
THX.
The sad fact is that when one subtracts out placebo effect etc. virtually all the anti-psychotics and anti-depressants—particularly the latter . . .
are simply NOT EFFECTIVE for most people.
And, they have horrendous side effects that are often somewhat subtle at first.
I used to support things like the common anti-depressants where depression was chronic and long standing.
I don’t any more. There’s too much research to the contrary. Much is available on the web about such.
Sometimes for a period of a few weeks or months, something like that may be useful in a particular individual’s life in order to give them the greater capacity to overcome the . . . overlay in their stinking thinking that the depression constitutes . . . such that they can then begin to alter habits of thinking and more TAKE EACH THOUGHT CAPTIVE.
RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IS SIGNIFICANTLY SUPERIOR to meds for DEPRESSION—EVEN CHRONIC LONG STANDING DEPRESSION.
1. It is longer lasting in effectiveness.
2. There’s no destructive side-effects.
3. It’s healthier and empowering for the individual in terms of their self respect, self-confidence etc.
4. It’s more freeing in terms of the robust nature of its effectiveness.