Ask everything! Then start researching on your own. Whether you have depression or heart disease, it is always a good idea to get a second opinion. No one is perfect or infallible. If you don't feel like you and your doctor "gel", find another one. I don't mean to keep going to doctors until they tell you what you "want" to hear, just until you are sure that you have had a thorough medical and mental evaluation.
Remember that natural remedies are drugs too. Just because they have a "natural" label does not mean they are right for you. If you are interested in going in that direction, research that. Alot of natural remedies that were touted as mental health cures have since been proven to do more harm than good.
It is very important to live a clean life, by that I don't mean have no fun, it means everything in moderation. If you are going to out and party, don't do it every night. If your are going to drink, don't do it every day. Get enough sleep, on a regular schedule. Do some exercise, you don't have to be a hard body, just move yours occasionally. Eat a healthy diet of all the food groups, try to limit your intake of artificial sweetners and preservatives. And don't under any circumstances do recreational drugs if you have a mental health problem. That will take you from bad to worse on the express train to hell.
This is all might seem like a drag, but a normal existance is not a drag, it is a dream come true to anybody who has experiened serious mental illness.
Good luck
mia
