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Originally Posted by AnnieK
I agree tablets are handed out too quickly. As most people know on here I lost my mum 3 years ago quite suddenly. I struggled massively with not getting my head round it and went to the docs as everyone said that was the best thing to do. I left my appointment 5 minutes later with a prescription for Citalopram when really I needed a referral to bereavement counselling.
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That's verging on actual malpractice if you ask me... Giving mood altering drugs when someone is recently bereaved can lead to not properly processing / grieving, and that can manifest as serious generalised anxiety without warning even years later. If someone is VERY distressed something short term might be needed, but not long term medication for clinical depression. Grief isn't a chemical imbalance... Doctors need to help people to work through it, not block it out.