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<blockquote data-quote="gingerkat" data-source="post: 1103211" data-attributes="member: 43502"><p>You're right, it's one thing to be understanding, but it's another thing to hold people "hostage". To me you are not coming off as heartless, you're coming across as concerned for your loved ones. Actually, my therapist would probably tell you that you're right on. If she claims she's going to kill herself, call 911 and give them her address and let the professionals deal with her. They'll 5150 her and evaluate her situation and it probably will be the best for her.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people that suffer from forms of depression go off med's frequently because it's a fact that it takes a minimum of 4-6 weeks for a medication to work or I should say to know if it works. It's also now recommended that a combination of medication and CBT is found to be beneficial over medication alone. They always tell us that mediation is just a tool, but you have to use that tool right. One of the reasons for CBT is so we can try to use these methods to helps us with our triggers and to know when it's time to make critical phone calls.</p><p></p><p>I used to go to group therapy every day and you would be surprised at how many people refused or didn't take their medication correctly. It's sad because everyone wanted to get better, but they would be very frustrated with the medication. So many of them come with terrible side effects or they just don't work. Psychiatric med's are a crap shoot and have to be swapped out so many times to find the right one. I used to tell them that I thought the doc's at my medical facility were in bed with the pharmaceutical companies.</p><p></p><p>But, good for you Rod. I'm glad you're so supportive of your daughter and her family. This gal needs help, but not from her brother or his family. You sound like a wonderful papa!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingerkat, post: 1103211, member: 43502"] You're right, it's one thing to be understanding, but it's another thing to hold people "hostage". To me you are not coming off as heartless, you're coming across as concerned for your loved ones. Actually, my therapist would probably tell you that you're right on. If she claims she's going to kill herself, call 911 and give them her address and let the professionals deal with her. They'll 5150 her and evaluate her situation and it probably will be the best for her. A lot of people that suffer from forms of depression go off med's frequently because it's a fact that it takes a minimum of 4-6 weeks for a medication to work or I should say to know if it works. It's also now recommended that a combination of medication and CBT is found to be beneficial over medication alone. They always tell us that mediation is just a tool, but you have to use that tool right. One of the reasons for CBT is so we can try to use these methods to helps us with our triggers and to know when it's time to make critical phone calls. I used to go to group therapy every day and you would be surprised at how many people refused or didn't take their medication correctly. It's sad because everyone wanted to get better, but they would be very frustrated with the medication. So many of them come with terrible side effects or they just don't work. Psychiatric med's are a crap shoot and have to be swapped out so many times to find the right one. I used to tell them that I thought the doc's at my medical facility were in bed with the pharmaceutical companies. But, good for you Rod. I'm glad you're so supportive of your daughter and her family. This gal needs help, but not from her brother or his family. You sound like a wonderful papa! [/QUOTE]
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