I'm seeing my psychiatrist in five days for a new medication. I tried celexa and it did not work. I'm starting to feel like I should not get a prescription and trust God. I'm considering talking to my pastor about it, but is that a good idea? What if he thinks I'm crazy or has this weird view of me when he finds out I have anxiety and depression? I'm going to see him privately soon and I'm unsure if I should bring this up or not. I decided I wanted medication because my psychological issues are really interfering with my life (mostly college) and I'm desperate to get some help. I'm now having doubts about getting medication. It feels like I'll be turning away from God to a prescription which I really don't want to do. I've heard so many great things about medication and I want to get a prescription but I'm not sure if it's right.
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Here's a teaching from Bob Hamp. He is in charge of the healing ministries at Gateway church, a large church in Texas. He says that if your brain chemicals are messed up to get them fixed. It does not have to be either God or medications. It can be God using medication as a tool to help you. It does not mean you will need to be on it forever. So give this teaching a listen and see what you think. Here's the link: Freedom from Depression - YouTube
Blessings and prayers,
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Blessings and prayers,
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Thank you miss-a. I also believe God can work through medication. I decided I am going to take it.
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Just make it clear that you want to use the minimum. You need to drive the bus. You and God. Don't let them put you on too much. They may try, but if you talk to them and explain that you are looking for the lowest dosage, you should be fine.
Remember. You may be missing hormones in your body. Hormones your body does not make for some reason. It is many times quite like diabetes or other ailments. Many don't realize this. Get as much information from your psychiatrist so you can monitor yourself to some degree.
God bless you.
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A good psychiatrist will start out with a fairly low dose anyway. If you start too high, it could cause bad reactions. Since they're basically doing trial & error, and since it takes a few weeks for a medicine to start working (if it will at all), adding the time to titrate up to a higher level and then titrate down until you can try another medicine is like torture.
I started out (after many failed attempts with other meds) at 150mg of Effexor. No help, but nothing bad either. So we upped it to 300 mg of Effexor and added Abilify. Seemed to help some. I'm now up to 450 mg of Effexor and Ability. I've been stable on this cocktail for years, but getting to this point took many years.
As for revealing to your pastor that you have depression, I would advise that you think long and hard about that one. I've had some bad experiences with pastors (I've been active in several different churches over the years). One of them even stripped me of my position of Bible teacher at the church. Many many people do not understand depression, and pastors are no different. Some may even doubt you're a Christian if you admit to having depression. (A Christian friend of mine actually said to me, "How can you be a Christian and still be depressed?")
Once your admission is out there you can't retract it. Maybe you should see what the meds do for you first.
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I meant to try to stay on the least amount of medication that will help you with your symptoms.
There will be less side effects and it will keep you less dependent on the meds.
Grace to you
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I am glad you found something that worked for you dysert. Thank you for praying for me army wife and thank you for giving me information tobeblessed.
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