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Luckylu · 61-69, F
My daughter was on SSRIs for a few months constantly going back to the psychiatrist to get them changed because they made her feel worse and she couldn’t sleep. They kept blaming her sleep habits when it was the drugs and her anxiety that were wrecking her sleep. She wanted medication for anxiety but they would only give her medication for depression. They wouldn’t diagnose her and would only subscribe SSRI. The withdrawals from the SSRIs were worse than her anxiety and I almost had to rush her to ER a couple times. While she was going through withdrawals I wouldn’t work outside of the house unless she came with me. It was awful. She finally got through the withdrawals but won’t see the psychiatrist again because he doesn’t listen to her or believe her. To get her any help from the mental health we will have to drive 1.5 hours away because the unit locally is crap and won’t help her. The other one told her what they were doing was wrong and how they would do things differently but it’s so far away. All she wants is medication that can help her when the anxiety hits so she can work. Right now she hasn’t been working because of having nothing to help her. He anxiety spikes like a rocket for no known reason without being diagnosed she can’t go on disability. The mental health system is a fucking mess and I feel helpless because I can’t do anything.