Have you been on anti-depressants?

@OogieBoogie I was put on Zoloft many years ago, and it drove me crazy. It made me dizzy and I couldn't get my eyes to converge or focus. I took myself off of that shit after 6 weeks, and felt so much better.

It might work for some, but it was poison for me. That was a horrible time in my life. Not that now is a bed of roses.

@OogieBoogie some meds target both depression and anxiety

@PhoenixPhail that's what i was on - sertraline .

Its supposed to help panic attacks, ptsd, anxiety and depression and stuff .

I hated it too .

I swear i felt worse on it . My attacks got worse, my anxiety got to thr point i was sweating and freaking out to go to work - id sit in my car telling myself - "just get out and its one step at a time".

It nearly made me lose my job coz I had a few panic attacks at work.

I became house bound it got so bad .
I was afraid to even get in my car!

NEVER FUCKIN AGAIN!

Reflecting back, i know I should have probably tried others ....but like you - it was an all round bad experience.

I feel better with the path im on.
I think nutrition plays a MASSIVE part in our brains chemistry.

I agree ...im not back to the person i was . I still have bad weeks now and then.
Some nights it all comes back .

But at least im functioning...on most things.

I do love my own company most tho, and i know that's not right.

But hey ....one battle at a time right?

@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP i wish it had.

But for some reason ....it just didn't suit me🤷

I literally felt like it took my anxiety into the realms of boardering on Paranoia.
And i stuck with it for months.

I also became really bloated and started having bleeding noses every day - for no obvious reason.

I think intill they can somehow test someone's gut amd brain chemistry - its a bit of a gamble whether you hit on something that works.

@OogieBoogie I love my own company most, as well, fortunately.

One doctor put me on Amitriptyline. He wanted me to take one every night. I took one pill and couldn't wake up for 2 days. It was so awful.

All that stuff is poison. It's no wonder so many people commit suicide when they're on it.

@OogieBoogie What keeps going through my head is, the third leading cause of death in the US is preventable medical error, preceded only by heart disease and cancer. Doctors kill a lot of people.

@PhoenixPhail I think if people really knew what many of these drugs do to you .... and the simplicty of what they mask - they would be incredibly angry.

I'm not saying that in some cases they dont help - many have been saved by them .

But today we are starving our bodies of nutrients from the day we are weaned. Then take into account mamt of us are unknowingly eating poison or nutrient lacking food - no wonder we are getting sick .

And i BET, within 20 years, we are going to start having a HUGE health emidemic on our hands as this next gen hits their 30's.
Mental health is gonna plummet, all inflammatory diseases are gonna reach 70% of the population, and society is gonna break.

@OogieBoogie We already HAVE a huge health epidemic on our hands. And with doctors prescribing drugs to mask symptoms, instead of encouraging people to take better care of themselves nutritionally, it just suppresses the problems. But, the doctor can't make money on nutrition. So helping their patients that way, isn't going to happen.

@PhoenixPhail you're right.
It wont .
What it will do is decrease the polulation of tje masses coz they will start dying at record low ages from heart attacks, depression, untreatable pain.

Its fuckin sad.

@OogieBoogie It's criminal.