Do you use antidepressants or things of the like?
My GP put me on Lexapro (aka Cipralex for non Americans) and I'm not sure about it.
I don't think I'm down for artificial happiness. Plus once you start any medication, you can't just stop taking it. I'd much rather smoke some Mary Jane, but it's not legal in my state.
I guess I don't want to get used to the medicine, because it's not real (as in naturally occurring in my brain.) I don't want to be one of those people curled up in a ball shouting, "I need it!" Like a crackhead.
She put me on it because therapy alone wasn't really working. I'm feeling better but, my depression and anxiety numbers were still high. There's also the issue of mania. What if I become manic and don't realize it? I've dealt with anxiety since I was about three, and depression since I was seven, so I don't know life outside of this. I think I'll end up taking it (since I've already paid for it) but I'm weary of it.
Thoughts?
What's your experience (any medication not just this one)? Or no medicine at all.
I don't think I'm down for artificial happiness. Plus once you start any medication, you can't just stop taking it. I'd much rather smoke some Mary Jane, but it's not legal in my state.
I guess I don't want to get used to the medicine, because it's not real (as in naturally occurring in my brain.) I don't want to be one of those people curled up in a ball shouting, "I need it!" Like a crackhead.
She put me on it because therapy alone wasn't really working. I'm feeling better but, my depression and anxiety numbers were still high. There's also the issue of mania. What if I become manic and don't realize it? I've dealt with anxiety since I was about three, and depression since I was seven, so I don't know life outside of this. I think I'll end up taking it (since I've already paid for it) but I'm weary of it.
Thoughts?
What's your experience (any medication not just this one)? Or no medicine at all.