Does it get better?

[alostsoulxx]

I got recently ( less than a year ago) diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and major depression disorder, I was started on different meds and I had severe side effects with all of them except the prozac which is what I am on right now but is making me lose weight crazily even though I eat normally I lose around 1 kg weekly. I decided to stop it on my own will and against medical advice.. Im back at self harming and isolating myself now. Im on CBT too and my therapist is very great but i sometimes dont feel like attending my sessions but i do it because i feel bad for my therapist.

Does meds really help?

Does it really get better with time?

everyone is shaming me for my body right now and i cant handle all the negative comments

[b1b1b1]

If you feel bad for your therapist, try to find a new one. Feeling bad for him or her is not helping you make progress in therapy. Have you tried mirtazapine? It is an anti-depressant whose main side effect is sizable weight gain.

[designguy]

I think meds can definitely help, for some they may just need them to help themselves get stable and functioning well and then quit or for others there can be a genetic issue where the med helps fill a needed gap. I have found I function better with meds once I figured out the right ones for me and the benefit definitely out weighs the minimum side affects. Another important thing i've found is how important making sure your hormones, thyroid and adrenals are functioning properly is, they can cause or contribute to anxiety/depression if not. Another thing you might consider is improving your self-worth/self-image so you aren't affected by peoples comments about you, there is a lot of good info on youtube about it. I particularly like the youtubes of Julia Kristina and Bernadette Logue.

[Beau65]

I also have generalized anxiety and I know the struggle and will only get depressed if my anxiety gets out of hand. For me Prozac didn’t work . I feel Zoloft works best for me.

[Demuse]

I feel the medications help and some coping skills help. I don' t find relief from all my symptoms. I find that I must live through them and do my best to cope. I have generalized anxiety disorder and agoraphobia. So I can relate to how you feel. I'd start taking another med that can help. Have you tried Venlafaxine? It helps me with depression and anxiety.

[Demuse]

Sometimes you also have to try different meds to find the one that works best for you. I've tried a bunch. They don't want to give Klonipin anymore so it's hard to get something that helps in the moment.