PHOBIA!!!!!!

Why do people not get it I have a phobia of meds how am I ever going to get rid of this!!! I hate it I don't know anyone with it over meds. I'm tired of it all!!!!

[hollow]

I don't know if I have a phobia but I fear taking meds that alter/affect your brain so because of that I had to go through my depression and suffer my anxiety without any meds as I just cannot bring myself to do it. My doctor convinced me to hand my prescription into the chemist and I spent an hour looking at the box before I could take a tablet out and then another hour looking at the tablet before chucking it down the sink as I just couldn't do it. In someways tho I'm glad I have that fear as I believe meds can be another crutch, I figure if I can get through it without then I've conquered it.

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Thank you for understanding mine def is a phobia an they don't seem to understand I am seeing a therapist but it a slow process sometimes I get so upset with myself an wish I could take something because of anxiety an back problems. God bless. X

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Im sure its not that people do not get it hun, i think a lot do not understand. I fear certian medication but not others. It took me years to actually agree to going on antidepressants but after i did for the first 4wks i was petrified but i did ask my GP what my side affects would mainly be and when she told me i thought well i need them got to give it a try so i did and years later i am still on them. May i ask hun what it is exactly that fears you so much about them ? Maybe i can reassure you some how or someone else on here could. Sometimes it is not easy to explore anything unless the facts around it are given. Again this could be a reason as to why no one understands it or as you say gets it. Debs

[leapea]

ur not alone with this, i'm terrified of takin meds. i haven't even taken a painkiller for a headache for 3 yrs. i'm changin my doc tomorro an hopin to get some therapy or somethin to help me overcome this. no one not even my family understand his problem, neither do i but i'm hopeful one day i could take a lemsip like everyone else ! x

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I feel for you maybe someday!! Have a blessed day x