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Aug 12, 2011, 11:13 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,342
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I take anti-depressants to help manage my depression. My T would like to see me get on an anti-psychotic, not for psychosis but for adjunctive treatment of the depression, but I do not like the long term side effects of them. They tend to cause a lot of weight gain and they effect your blood sugars and can encourage Diabetes. Otherwise, I take anti-anxiety meds for my panic/anxiety and I manage with Therapy.
I really don't like taking the meds. I'm not keen on putting chemicals in my body....even though I'm a Nurse, and I think that big Pharma puts a lot of whoo-hah in the medications that only help keep people reliant on them. My general thought is that there is as much poison in medications as there is medicine....but alas, the meds do help and right now the benefits outweigh the negatives.
That, and I have gone through a bit of withdrawal from my anti-depressant and I never want to do that again. For the first time in my life I thought I was dying and needed the toilet for both the upper and lower portion of my digestive tract....at the same time!! It was miserable, and I never want to go through that again!! 
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