Depression and Anxiety

Depression and anxiety are very controversial subjects. Many Christian people think that if you just look to God and confess your sins you can be healed. All this talk doesn’t bother me anymore. All I want to do is talk to you, give you my own opinion and share my experience.

I have suffered from depression and anxiety all my life. I have been on so many anti-depressants that I can’t even count them. Nothing worked so I covered my depression and anxiety with drugs and alcohol for many years. When I got saved and stopped using drugs and alcohol I thought like a lot of Christian people do. I just turned to God, confessed my sins and Walla I was cured. Right? Wrong!

I was making it for a while off my medications until my life became very stressful. I was having problems breathing, neck pain, sore muscles, a chronic cough and I couldn’t sleep. I had all sorts of physical problems. I went from doctor to doctor and took exam after exam and everything came back okay. I just knew I was dying but no one would listen. My mom kept telling me to go back on my medication and I would tell her no! God has cured me of that!

I went for months being sick and I lost my job over it because I couldn’t function.
Finally after about five months I went to this physiatrist because my friends talked me into it and she prescribed me Klonopin. That helped me relax a little and sleep a whole lot better but I still had aches and pains that I suffered from.

About a month after taking Klonopin, a Christian friend of mine told me about a doctor that dealt in depression and anxiety. I wouldn’t go and told my friend that God took care of that and that I am sick and not depressed. After my Christian friend and my mom spoke over the phone for several days, they convinced me to give this doctor a try. So I went to see the good doctor.

I explained my situation and how many doctors I’ve seen and described my symptoms. She prescribed me Cambalta and I refused to take it because it was for depression. My friends and doctor talked me into just trying it and if it doesn’t work to stop taking it so I did. After a couple of days my neck stopped hurting, my coughing stopped and my aches and pains were no longer there. So by taking the Klonopin and the Cambalta I was feeling 100% better. I couldn’t believe it. I was healed. But I did have a lot of questions for God that I didn’t understand.

After all, God was supposed to heal my depression and anxiety if I confessed my sins and was obedient in His ways. Why didn’t He? I couldn’t understand why He didn’t heal me until a close Christian friend of mine talked to me about my situation. She said that yes, there are a lot of Christians who believe that depression is a sin issue but I am here to tell you that it is hereditary and the reason why God made medicine was to help people get well. That made sense to me. I was no longer angry at God or asking Him a ton of questions on why He didn’t heal me. Do you know what He said? He said, child I did heal you. You are no longer sick.

I want to tell people out there that depression and anxiety are real and physical and they have nothing to do with sin or repentance or anything else spiritual so if you have any of these symptoms consult your doctor because with the help of your doctor, family, friends, and church you can get through this.

Please feel free to visit my website at http://www.truelifelivingbooks.com. There are a few books on my site that you might be interested in. I wish you well and empathize with you if you are experiencing any of these symptoms.

Thank you and God Bless…