There is a tendency for people to assume their experience of a condition is the same as everyones experience and that therefore everyone should follow the path they took and they'd all be ok.
This applies in lots of areas - personal financial circumstances, education, depression to name a few.
Some people's experience of depression is quite mild or short term therefore they can manage to get over it without medication or counseling. Or maybe they have a good family support system (even having someone feed you well can make a difference).
It is a difficult step to decide to take medication for the reasons you stated - you feel you should be able to work your way through it, 'get over' or 'snap out of it' using your own resources. It's hard to see that the brain is a physical part of your body - and like any body part there are different sizes and characteristics from person to person.
Another thing about depression (well mental illness in general) - unlike a lot of other illnesses - is that the very thing you need for motivation, willpower and clear thinking to repair yourself, is the very thing that is affected by the illness.
No one case is the same - and no one medication (or it's side effects) is the same on any two people. No two medications are the same on the one person either (so it's worth trying more than one if the first does not suit)!
1. They've exhausted local options (sensible solution - try the next biggest population centre, not around the world).
2. They have some fantasy about the people in that 'other' location somehow being magically better/nicer people or better suited to themselves. In fact it most likely will be a more difficult option for cultural/language reasons. (solution - get real!)
3. They have odd requirements or are odd themselves - probably a legitimate reason to look far afield - how far depending on how odd it is :-)
4. They can 'buy' from overseas what they haven't managed to find naturally locally.
It seems most people (well, the women) think eeeewwww, until they get the chance of someone younger, then all sorts of justifications come out. Funny that :-)
Up till about 6-12 months ago there was a lot of competition - price cutting to get market share, then they must have hit the wall because some of the smaller companies either went broke or got bought by big ones and a lot of companies actually increased their prices.
Occasionally a company will have a good deal because they want to either increase their total user numbers or the rate at which they are gaining them (at whatever the cost) JUST because they are at that time being audited, so they look good for investors. It's - 'look we are growing at this rate, so we must be worth this much'.
Wireless broadband is the latest fad, but unless you're in the cities there isn't the fast network to back it up - I think Virgin got caught out with that.
Sorry if am sounding like a know all - it's just that I do keep track of this for clients.
When ISP's change all their plans you usually stay on the one you signed up on. My plan doesn't exist anymore either.
Most people only have experience of a few ISP's, so go to the Broadband Choice site and put your ideal plan in there and look at the plans and ISP's it shows you (watch out for the 'do not show plans that require phone bundling' tick box). Then check their reputation on Whirlpool. Phones and internet seems to attract fly by night merchants (particularly phones).
aanet 5Gb $39.95 (off peak is counted at half rate, so you could get 10Gb in theory) iPrimus 5Gb $64.95 (ouch - changed since you lot got it)
iPrimus adsl2 (faster if you're close to the exchange and can get it) 8Gb, only 3Gb on peak though $42.95 3Gb, 1.5Gb on peak $32.95 (if you're a light user)
iPrimus cut your speed when you go over your limit Aanet costs $3 per Gb (Bigpond is $150 would you believe)
Just had a look at iPrimus, they are not that cheap. Their ADSL1 plans are expensive. ADSL2 not so bad, but most of the data is off peak (good off peak hours if you use the internet in the morning).
Not everyone can get ADSL2, you're exchange needs to have the ISP's hardware in it.
Three women who have 'rolled their eyes' because I dared to be honest (just not the honest opinion that suits them) and have an opinion and a bit of insight about myself - excuse me for living :-)
I just happen to know I won't get on with someone that wears moccies and flannel shirts and whose idea of a good time is a barbie and pissup. That's fine is they want to do that, but it ain't my cup of tea (because I actually prefer a cup of tea). I also know a cocktail party and (insert hoity toity occasion here) is not for me either. That DOES NOT mean you have to be in exactly my little social strata for me to consider you (why do people insist on interpreting what you write in the worst possible way?).
I am not insinuating that I think I'm too posh for everyone (I think you three did that - at least blondeaozichick was willing to clarify what I said), just that class does exist and plays a part in romance. Aren't you kidding yourselves that it doesn't play a part in who you like? It's like people that say 'looks don't matter' (rubbish).
Isn't there a level below which you will not go? Or are you all hankering for that perfect man - lets see - flannies and moccies, Datsun 180B, blond streaked mullet.... (how many other people can I offend here).
Or the other side of the coin - Mr Posh, always wears a suit, plays polo, daughters named Porsche and Hildebrand.
Are you really saying you'd be comfortable with either of those extremes (you fibbers, you)?
No, not what I was saying at all. I do sometimes make those judgements based on photo's, or what they sound like on the phone, or a meeting. So it's more their behaviour and appearance, than where they live.
and I did say someone could be too posh for me as well as to rough. I'm not into ballet or opera - or drag races and the footy :-)
You should be able to get 512Mb of virtually any common memory of the last 10 years on ebay for less than $50 (more like $20-30). Once you know your motherboard and what memory you have (hopefully 1 stick of 512Mb). 1Gb total is all you would go to for Windows XP. Helps when running loads of stuff.
I know it sounds snobby, but I think most people would find the same thing, if not be able to recognise it in themselves.
It just happens that dating sites bring these things out in the open, along with 'how tall is too tall' and that kind of stuff - on sites where you have to pick a cut off point.
For me - if you look like you come from a down and out area, that puts me off. Internet dating has taught me that class is a factor in who I find attractive and who I will get on with - both above and below where I am in the pecking order.
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RE: Antidepressants and pharmaceutical rackateering.
Wether your particular countries' medical system is correctly or fairly balanced between profit and treatment is another issue.