Would you ever take anti anxiety medication?

[Rhondazvous]

How do these meds make the symptoms bearable? A cast is on the outside of my body, but meds are inside changing the way my body works.

You could just as easily ask "how does this cast make my broken leg bearable? It's on the outside of my body, but the bones are inside. Similar to the way a painkiller masks a headache, or period pains, by relieving the person of the distress of the symptoms, the body can then get on with the task of sorting itself out. In the case of anti-anxiety medication, that sorting out might come in the form of therapy.

Make no mistake: were it not for my medication and therapy at the time I had them, I would most definitely have continued my suicide attempts until - well, I don't have to spell it out.

No, dear love. You know it's not the same. the cast isn't a chemical in my body. It just holds the leg in place.

Painkillers are addictive. If I have a headache, I ride it out or sleep it off. I don't even have aspirin in my house. This doctor said she's amazed at me because I'm not on any medication. When I asked her why that was amazing, she said she doesn't know anybody who's not on some kind of medication. That's a wake up call to me.

I admit, the American medical system is fucked up. The insurance company won't even pay for diagnostic tests until I first se an over the counter drug to see if the symptoms will go away. I asked one doctor how he could prescribe medicine when he didn't even know what was causing my pain. He said he was just guessing. Please forgive me if I don't trust these fuckers. My body let's me know when some medicine is keeping it from healing itself.