My depression and anxiety are trotting along neck by neck. I have been taking prozac for about7 months and I am not better. As I have said a 100 times but never get much feedback. Isn't there a difference between Pain and Depression because of life situations as opposed to depression or mental illness caused by chemnicals in the brain. Not even my Dr. answered this. It i is just a reaction combined by who you are and what you have become(due to life) how does Prozac help? Valium helps cause it numbs you. Prozac only changes the chemicals in your brain.

Thanks for the feedback jloz. It's a good question that I've asked myself lots of times, where my "issues" come from. My mom is extremely anxious, and doesn't do anything to deal with it. Lots of depression, bi-polar, etc in the family too. So I've wondered if it's the chemicals in my brain I inherited from her, or being raised by someone so anxious rubbed off on me. Not to blame her, she did the best she could and was raised in much worse conditions then me. I have definitely thought about getting off the meds completely though. It's my goal for sure, but now's probably not the best time for me to do away with them. I think I know what you're getting at though, for me it feels like a band aid and not a permanent solution (no offense to anyone, I know meds have saved many lives, and I don't see taking them as negative at all if that's what's right for you). For me though when I'm on meds I feel somewhat disconnected from myself like, am I feeling this way because of me or is it the meds.