hmm, in my state that is debatable, we have Medical Marijuana and some research indicates it has uses for some mental disorders. Personally I would only see excessive use of a substance as substance abuse(I certainly cannot claim I've never done that). If psychiatrists prescribe meds which are drugs, doesn't that indicate drugs can be used to relieve symptoms? but yeah I am being rather rhetorical I don't expect answers for that its just my thoughts on it.

There have been multiple times I have been better off smoking cannabis than doing nothing to alleviate the symptoms, drinking can numb things but I don't really like drinking for that reason because then I usually end up drinking too much. I am willing to try prescription alternatives(probably not forever just being honest), but so far I've tried prozac and that didn't end well, and I also got hydroxyzine prescribed recently to help with anxiety attacks main problem with that is its an anti-histamine and I hate the effects anti-histamines including this one have. Makes me feel even more trapped in my head or detatched then I already might be feeling at the moment, but maybe they'll find something that actually reduces my unpleasant symptoms instead of making me feel worse.