Medication?

[Nichola95]

I wrote a couple of days ago about going to the doctors for help about my anxiety because its slowly getting worse.

But i was thinking is medication helpful and actually help. if i do get prescribed it would it actually work and make me feel slightly better?

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Hi

I no if you get the right med & stick with as it can take a few weeks to work , that there has been many posted that they felt it was the best thing they did

Keep an open mind ,you can try them if they give you some & at any time if you feel they are not helping you could come of them

Let is no how you go on

Love

whywhy

xxx

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Hi Nichola

Talk things through with your gp and try to be as honest as you can be and that way he/she can work out how best to help you. Meds are a personal choice and I have managed difficult parts of my life without them and I have also needed them at times too(like now). I see them as props which help to hold you up for a while until you are strong enough to take but there are some good therapy options which may help you without the need for meds take care love eve x

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Sorry there's a word missing doh! The sentence should read "until you are strong enough to take over" xx

[faye_2013]

Hi to All, I’ve been on many different types of medication for anxiety and depression. To name a few, beta-blockers (great for dulling you out), antidepressants (good for numbing your pain and any emotions you have) and benzodiazepines (reduces your activity to your brain and don’t you know it!).

Don’t get me wrong these meds are effective for anxiety and depression, but not always in a good or positive way. Anyone who takes them should know they will not sure cure your anxiety or depression! It will still be with you.

The one thing I know after many years of suffering with Anxiety and Depression is – YOU MUST GET TO THE UNDERLYING CAUSE of why you have anxiety or / and depression.

I took drugs for a number of years and it got to a stage that I couldn’t take them any more due to my health and the fact I wasn’t acting or thinking straight. I had so many mood swings, I had total paranoia, I still couldn’t handle work or social situations and I was still alone, anxious and depressed.

The paranoia was the worse. I turned against everyone. I couldn’t walk down the street without thinking everyone was against me, looking at me. It was awful.

I had to stop taking the drugs as they were not working and never really had. All they had done was suppress my feelings and after a number of years made me ultra paranoid and still unable to function day to day – WHAT WAS THE POINT OF TAKING THEM?! I was getting worse not better.

When I eventually plucked up the courage to come off medication, the doctor gave me a full plan on how to do this as I was of course addicted to taking them, my pills were my habit every morning I would take them to get through the day. It took me many weeks to come off meds 100% and even though the paranoia started to get better, my anxiety symptoms returned full throttle! It was like a brick had hit me in the face. This is when I had to look at other options as taking pills for many years was not working.

I started counselling and group sessions and started to understand that getting to the route of why I had anxiety and depression was much better than taking medication to try and mask my issues.

I just want to educate people that drugs for anxiety and depression are not always the best way forward. If your counselling isn’t effective then try someone else!! You can do that, you don’t need to stay with the same person!! Or try group sessions. Try everything you can before you start meds. Life is short and you don’t want to waste it with the wrong counsellor or on the wrong medication!

I am drug free now and much better off. I wish I hadn’t started meds and just started talking about my problems rather than masking them, good luck and remember stay focused on what you want to achieve.

I am working with ARM, Anxiety Rebalance Method, anxietyrebalance.co.uk - Its helping me alot, i hope it helps someone else.xxx