Does Anyone Not Take Medication?

[Gloria]

Hi, I went off my anti-anxiety and anti-depression medicines because they made everything hazy. The drugs made me sick to my stomach dizzy and sleepy. I went through terrible withdrawal because I had been taking them for years. I wasn't aware of how difficult and dangerous it was to go off the meds until months later when I read about the drugs on the internet.

There was a period of months that I went without sleep for days and had horrible anxiety and nightmares. Now, things are calmed down. Sometimes I wish I want to take an anti-anxiety but I don't because I don't want to go through the withdrawal again. For myself, I feel that if I don't take drugs and face everything head on than I can beat it. It probably is not the best idea for other people but it's working for me. Not using drugs means that I have to concentrate almost every minute of the day on coping with triggers and staying in the moment but it gets easier every day. I don't smoke, drink, use caffeine and I am eating so healthy. As my health improves so does my spirit.

 

[maria]

Hi irs

I agree with you about the current generation of psychiatrists. I'm lucky to have an old fashioned one. I take 2 meds and neither was prescribed by him. However, his reluctance to prescribe wasn't the best treatment IMO. One of the meds I take was prescribed by a psychiatrist at a hospital, and it's made a huge difference in the quality of my life. I was regularly hospitalized for years. I am just too sick to manage with talking therapy alone.

maria