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Long-term use of certain medications, such as some drugs used to control high blood pressure, sleeping pills or, occasionally, birth control pills, may cause symptoms of depression in some people. Medication itself can have side effects that cause depression. In this case, if the patient can't go off the medication causing the depression, then another may be necessary to counter its effects.

3. Personality. Certain personality traits, such as having low self-esteem and being overly dependent, self-critical, pessimistic and easily overwhelmed by stress, can make you more vulnerable to depression. Cognitive psychological therapy can, arguably, help change some parts of ones personality that could theoretically help cure depression.

4. Alcohol, nicotine and drug abuse. Experts once thought that people with depression used alcohol, nicotine and mood-altering drugs as a way to ease depression. But using these substances may actually contribute to depression and anxiety disorders. It is possible for some people to stop drinking and smoking and help their depression.

To conclude, I think medication is a miracle and should be considered after all other treatments are tried. People who take medication are not "weak" but rather they are people who simply have a chemical imbalance and drugs are there to bring them into stasis. On the other hand, if any of the four physical causes od depression are present in a person, they owe it to themselves to try and eliminate these causes from their lives. Our microwave society needs to slow down and consider the burden that medications cause. If someone thinks taking a pill is better than putting forth some effort to change, they should think again because in some cases the medication can be cloaking a deeper issue that will only get worse if not addressed.

Sites consulted:

http://www.depressio n.com/causes_of_depression.htm l

http://mentalhealth.about.com /od/depression/a/depressioncau se.htm

http://www.mayoclinic.co m/health/depression/DS00175

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