bbcheung wrote:Thank you all for the suggestion.
BTW, have any of you heard of the technique called trancranial magnetic stimulation(TMS)??
I came across this when I am doing some research online.
Thanks
I would stay away from all of that quack stuff... none of it is verified, and no one can tell you how it allegedly works.
There are a couple of bodies of thought when it comes to depression and whether or not there is a physiological basis for depression. There can be a change in brain chemistry in depressed people, and some use this as the reasoning for supplying anti-depressants.
But, the other side of this argument is that it is the act or condition of becoming depressed that creates the change in brain chemistry; therefore, treat what is causing the depression symptoms and the brain chemistry will alter itself again.
I am in the second camp. While anti-depressants may offer a short term way out of a hopeless box, they just do not work for the long term... it is papering over life's problems with drugs.
I've been far down the depression trail. I've tried depression drugs... sure, the numb the depression... but they turn you into a zombie, numb to everything.
Find a good counselor... of the same sex preferable because they'll have more insight into issues, and start the process by talking out what's wrong in life. You don't say if the person is male or female; there are also a variety of experiential retreats that can help a person come to grips with themselves.