Hi there Star
Welcome to Beyond Blue and thank you for providing this post
and your excellent question.
Chloekat has chipped in with a great response for you. And yes, unfortunately there is no known cure
yet. I like to say “yet” because I so
hope that in the future in some far off galaxy there’ll be some kind of
treatment that will be available.
But in the meantime, depression and any mental health
illness needs to be treated and treated in various ways. Coming here was a very positive step that you’ve
taken; it’s a good start.
I’m assuming that you are suffering from depression and
anxiety. On this website, Beyond Blue
have a listing of GP’s available and they can be searched for and hopefully you
can find one or more in your local area.
The thing with these GP’s is that they are all qualified in being able
to diagnose, deal with and treat in a professional manner anyone who presents
with any mental health condition. From
this appointment, they are then best able to refer on for appropriate
counselling (if required) or to advise the use of any prescription medications
(if needed).
There are many other things that can be done as well – but in
the first instance, I will send this off and I hope I’ve been able to provide
you with some new information.
Also Star, we would very much like to hear from you again –
and please put forward any amount of questions that you’d like – and please
remember this – there is no question that is too small or too silly. From all my time on here, I think I’ve been
the only one to ever pose a silly question – and then I answered it in a silly
fashion. 🙂
Kind regards
Neil
