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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People talk a lot about health anxiety on here and I don't think people realize you don't have to live this way. Health anxiety is OCD. SSRIs can be incredibly effective, along with therapy with a practitioner who specializes in health anxiety. Most regular therapists do not. [/quote]

At least for me, I don't want to take a daily medicine for something that is only a problem in one area of my life.  I stress out a lot about a possible medical issue until it's resolved, at which point I'm fine.  A year later it starts up again with something else.  Since it's not a daily issue, don't want to be medicated.[/quote]

I think hesitation to take SSRIs is a good thing. People refer to them as if they are just a Tylenol or something. They aren't -- there are a lot of side effects, and they really aren't that effective for many people. [/quote].

I’ve been on and off SSRIs. Sure there are side effects, but if they are deal breakers, you can just stop taking the medication, and they go away.

For me, the scary stigma of these meds is now gone. It’s really not that different from taking Tylenol. You can take it—see if it works. Stop. Try something else. Not such a big deal.

We are so hard on ourselves, and so judgmental of others. Nobody would bat an eye if you tried Prozac for a dog to ease his situational thunderstorm anxiety. But if it’s us, we must try everything first and suffer for many years and then if we take meds we are weak and harming ourselves with dangerous pharmaceuticals. 
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