take antidepressants, anti-anxiety,or nothing?
has anyone ever struggled with the decision to take medication or not? doctors, family, sociey are so quick to prescribe...i dont want to be part of the overprescibed statistic. i have mild to moderate anxiety and depression, but a poor lifestyle and a closet of "skeletons" that seems to be fueling it. how do you know what percentage of your behavior, thoughts, feelings are chemical? do meds help you talk things out in therapy? (my problem is "getting it out")Anyone with a personal history of depression/ anxiety? im a teenager, what were your teen years like?what signs idicate an imbalance? this somehow seems like a big decision to me, bigger than just popping a pill. its about my fear of conforming, numbing myself, letting someone elses definition of "normal" affect my life. i go round and round with it. feedback?
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