It's Okay To Feel Your Emotions

People seem to think if your taking your medications prescribed for depression you are not allowed to be sad at all, or be angry. Immediately if you cry about something that would make anyone sad the assumption is your medicine isn't working, if you yell because something made you mad your medication dose needs to be increased. Who wants to be around someone who shows no emotion, what a boring life that would be!!

This information taken from:

https://www.goodtherapy.org/drugs/psychotropic-medication.html

"Medication can interfere with the emotions as well as the psychotherapy process. A common side effect of psychotropic medication is difficulty feeling certain emotions once the drug accumulates in a person’s system. For example, many people complain of losing the feelings they used to have, report a reduction in their ability to laugh or cry, or experience a decrease in libido. Side effects of SSRIs that might affect one’s sexuality and love relationships, such as diminished sexual interest, are discussed in a chapter from Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience. Medication can also impede emotional processing for some, covering up underlying issues and slowing or hindering the psychotherapy process. A possible consequence of taking too much medication and becoming numb to feelings is the increased likelihood that a person will not become conscious of the emotional or somatic burdens which often fuel symptoms. The Role of Psychotherapy

Many emotional and mental health issues are not reducible to a biochemical imbalance. Often, psychological concerns originate and are influenced by life events—what happens to and around us. Because medications do not change how people relate psychologically to their experiences, medication alone cannot "fix" all psychological issues. Treatment with medication alone can be like stitching up a bullet wound without taking the bullet out first."

In conclusion medications can in many cases mask emotions or even proper emotions. Medication alone is not the answer the underlying psychological factors needs to be addressed. Adding on other relaxation or cognitive therapies such as meditation, coaching, and hypnosis can help. 

The layers can't be peeled back by a pill. It's also unrealistic for friends or significant others to feel all your depression can be solved by a medication. We aren't meant to be emotionless, we need to experience life.