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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If possible, please avoid medication.  Those that work hook you for life and ruin your life.  Few if any ever get off them.  Others are as effective as sugar pills.  You're doing great by sharing.  Perhaps support groups and talk therapy.  But it sounds like you've got enough self-awareness already to be regaining proper perspective on your life.  I just ran into yet another friend I hadn't seen in years who was turned into a virtual shadow of herself because of these meds.[/quote]

This is ridiculous.  Plenty of people (myself included) struggle with depression/anxiety at various points in their lives and need medication to help them work through issues in therapy and other supportive settings.  It's hard to make any headway if you're brain chemistry is off.  OP, I have been on and off Lexapro 3 times in my life with no ill effects while on it or while weaning off.  Medication is not the devil.[/quote]
+1. Please stop shaming people who need medication. It has changd my life for the better in a way that traditional therapy never could.  [/quote]

Thank you, Zoloft!  You changed my life.  Hey, if a simple pill is what it takes to live a normal life, I'm all for it.  I went from one continual panic attack (nearly back to back...felt like one giant one) with agoraphobia, an inability to eat properly, insomnia, etc. to being mentally and physically healthy.  Talk therapy doesn't work when your problems are purely hormonal and chemical.  Tried that,too.[/quote]

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