# Have you ever been treated for depression?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 13, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-treated-for-depression/563975 "2010-12-13T13:40:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-treated-for-depression/563975/35 "2010-12-13T23:02:27Z")

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As I said in another thread…

> [@DEPRESSION AND REALITY (don't read, very depressing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-and-reality-dont-read-very-depressing/555932/19):
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> Been there, done that, didn’t help.
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> Been in & out of therapy since I was 9 (I’m 49), the last 15 years it was continuous with more than a dozen different meds. No change, no help, so in April, against doctors orders I quit taking the meds and seeing the doctors. Some people are just broken and nothing can be done for them. I’m one of those people and I want out.

I wish doctor assisted suicide was available for people like me. It would save taxes and free up resources for people who CAN be helped.

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