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#1013422
dpareja
Shut up, you're depressing me.
8/28/2009 2:53:08 PM
#1013423
Zeus Almighty
"Is it wrong to take antidepressants????"
Yes, very wrong! ... However, it is permissible for you to take massive quantities of arsenic.
8/28/2009 2:54:51 PM
#1013432
Philbert McAdamia
I agree with Zeus A. Massive quantities. ASAP
massSIVE!
Enough to stun a Norwegian Blue parrot.
And I'm a doctor, you can trust me
P. McAdamia, B.S., M. S., Ph D.
8/28/2009 3:06:18 PM
#1013463
Blackvoice
Just take the things already.
8/28/2009 3:24:28 PM
#1013476
EvoPagan
Andrea Yates would like a word with you....
8/28/2009 3:28:42 PM
#1013477
And they think religion does no harm.
8/28/2009 3:28:43 PM
#1013479
Shann
I am takings meds for depression also and I can definitely relate to what you're going through. Would it be more of a sin to not medicate and end up hurting yourself or someone else?
This has nothing whatsoever to do with not being christian enough and everything to do with your personal biology. Take the meds and stop feeling guilty over it. You haven't done anything wrong.
8/28/2009 3:29:30 PM
#1013502
Doubting Thomas
No, the pill is there to help you. I know it was invented by evil scientists, but it is good for you. And there's really no such thing as sin.
8/28/2009 3:34:21 PM
#1013522
LDM
As my great aunt said to my mom after my dad's sudden death: Take the damn pills.
Put your stupid religion aside and think of your family. Jesus would have wanted it that way.
8/28/2009 3:47:04 PM
#1013524
vana
I... I don't really know what to say.
Tell me, what kind of sin makes you want to possibly hurt your own children? How can you be "Christian" enough and/or "strong" enough to overcome your own body's chemistry that's out of whack? And why would it be wrong to take a pill that stops you from possibly hurting or killing your children?
I just really, really wish you had never had children. And that opinion has nothing to do with you postpartum depression.
8/28/2009 3:48:07 PM
#1013532
WMDKitty
It's okay to admit you're not strong enough to deal with it. It's okay to take meds -- trust me, they can be a real life saver. Without mine, I'm useless, and I've seriously considered taking my own life. Depression is not a rational disease, there's no logic to it, it makes you feel like a failure at life, when you're not. All it takes is a couple of pills, sometimes the right combination of pills, and therapy, to get you back on your feet.
I sincerely hope hilhill gets the meds and therapy she needs to get out of this funk.
8/28/2009 3:52:31 PM
#1013562
clockworkgirl21
And that's the problem with your strict, hateful religion.
8/28/2009 4:09:41 PM
#1013578
Angua
If there's a pill that can help you cut down on the question marks, you really should start taking that.
8/28/2009 4:17:43 PM
#1013579
HoJuSimpson
I love how fundies only agree with science and medicine when it benefits them (doctors give them the wisdom but of course it all goes away if said doctors tell them you cannot cure homosexuality.)
8/28/2009 4:18:41 PM
#1013601
Zoo
Depression is not sinning, nor is it a result of sin, unless of course you are so obsessed with obtaining an impossible standard of perfection in a set of arbitrary things that you get depressed, and it's still not sin that caused it. Think about it. Do you get a little (or a lot) moody or grouchy near your period? You know that hormones fluctuate then, right? Ok, so logically that means hormones can affect mood. You're perfectly fine taking the meds, and hopefully you'll only need them for a little while.
8/28/2009 4:34:21 PM
#1013603
Disreg
I think we need to ask ourselves how Jesus would cope with postpartum depression.
8/28/2009 4:38:03 PM
#1013631
Ozzie
Have you been talking to Tom Cruise?
If you need help for a little while after your baby is born, then by all means get the help. I'm not saying that you should use it forever, but until you can get yourself on you feet, take the pill!!!
8/28/2009 4:53:05 PM
#1013658
Caustic Gnostic
Either take your meds, or die in prison.
8/28/2009 5:19:16 PM
#1013694
Shifty Eyes
This isn't that fundy. A response against would likely be very fundy. But anti-depressants are scary (they change how you think) and address problems far more complex than penicillin does. To worry about a religious conflict isn't terrible. A Jew might ask similar questions about what constitutes a serious enough medical issue to not fast on Yom Kippur. The problem is that the responses for poor hilhill will be very bad.
8/28/2009 6:02:27 PM
#1013707
Reverend Jeremiah
Please keep taking the pills as prescribed until your health care professional says otherwise.. for you and your childrens sake.
P.S. - stop obsessing over it as well..no sin..okay, you have a chemical imbalance - dont be ashamed.
8/28/2009 6:20:00 PM
#1013744
atrasicarius
Just an hero now and save yourself some angst.
8/28/2009 7:10:21 PM
#1013825
Painful
I agree with Shifty Eyes - but that could probably be because I've had several Drs try to "fix" me using SSRIs no matter how bad a reaction I've had to the last one. (Try a 6 week constant mirgrain, "But that's not one of the listed side effects.")
If they help for EVERYONE'S sake take them, but counseling is sometimes enough too and there are a lot of things to think about before taking any medication. But I'm sure the thread sounds more like Cruise than rational...
8/28/2009 8:13:16 PM
#1013963
Antichrist
You're on RR, you should perhaps bump up to anti-psychotics?
On a plus side, nobody over there is saying it's a sin. Some are absolutely useless answers (just pray and god will heal you) but they don't say to go off the meds.
I really was expecting them to say so.
8/28/2009 10:46:00 PM
#1013973
GodotIsWaiting4U
Anti-depressants aren't anti-sin measures.
8/28/2009 11:23:59 PM
#1013995
Mephistopheles
If your antidepressant is anything like my Paxil, then I urge you for the sake of other people to take it.
8/28/2009 11:56:40 PM
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