hi BSB, this is always a question people ask themselves, 'do you need to be taking AD for such a long time', well this differs from person to person, but I've been taking them for over 20 years and will probably for the rest of my life.
When you get depression taking AD's by themself won't help you get over this illness unless you have counselling as well, but once you are able to overcome this depression then the AD's will be there trying to keep you on track.
I don't have any counselling now and haven't for a long time because I have overcome my depression, however it doesn't mean that I won't have a relapse if circumstances prevail.
There are other ways people can control their depression by using 'mindfulness, try and stop negative talk, cognitive therapy as well as doing some exercise' plus other techniques which may suit them.
What I do these days is completely different to what I was doing years ago, in other words change your direction in what you want to do, this makes an enormous difference. Geoff.
