In my past life I owned and operated a long lasting real estate firm in Rotorua, managing 230 properties, tenants were given courtesy and landlord advice.
Over 55 years in business we had few complaints.
When Adams can quote this sort of experience then maybe someone will listen.
Alf Hoyle
Lynmore
Well done
Many accolades to Trish and Alison – Rotorua Library Heritage Specialists – for their very informative presentation 'Rotorua History Of Armistice', Friday, November 9.
A lot of research went into gathering of information and photographs to tell and show the story of how Rotorua citizens celebrated Peace Day after World War I.
It was very heart-warming to have a young class from Kaingaroa Forest School also in attendance; hats off to their teachers and parents for immersing those young children in a very important part of not only Rotorua, but New Zealand's history.
It was also very heart-warming when several of those young pupils stood up to ask questions; I'm sure they will continue to seek out more answers after they'd perused the displays.
A well worth experience; thank you Trish and Alison.
Pauleen Wilkinson
Rotorua
Stop stigmatising psych meds
I'm writing in regards to the article published about antidepressants on November 9 (www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz).
Firstly, antidepressants aren't only prescribed for depression, they're prescribed for a variety of conditions. We shouldn't assume all people on antidepressants have depression.
Secondly, I'm concerned people are stigmatising psych meds, and to a lesser extent, stigmatising mental illness.
Psych meds are no different from other meds. And while mental illness is bad, it's no different from other medical conditions. Mental illness is prevalent, but so are other medical conditions.
And specifically on the issue of depression, there are several types of depression, with many causes, affecting many different kinds of people, so we should be very careful about the opinions we form about people with depression because quite often those opinions are wrong.
The decision of best treatment, is best made between a person and their doctor. If a person's been on a treatment for a few months, at least, and it's not working then they should consider a different treatment. If their doctor isn't receptive then they should consider a different doctor.
Personally, I'd encourage a holistic approach covering multiple issues and includes multiple treatment pathways, rather than focusing on one form of treatment to the exclusion of others.
Abs Spurdle
Rotorua
