My Support Forums - View Single Post - i don't understand the purpose of meds anymore

May 16, 2013, 05:48 AM

My first round of meds worked REALLY great for several months then I began having these unbelievable anxiety attacks...read the med literature...guess what one of the side affects was....anxiety attacks.

Seriously?!?
So I stopped taking those and got another one...it worked really great too.
Then my medical benefits changed and I could no longer afford to go see my Pdoc and my scrip ran out.

Since then I have been reading alot, doing a lot of self help, reading and posting here on PC, and overall I think I am doing pretty good.
I am much more aware of my issues and symptoms....I push myself when I see certain triggers or situations that can cause me to relapse into panic or anxiety...I do have some days where my symptoms are my non-med side affects.
But I am really lucky that I am not worse than I am. I would never give the advice to NOT take your meds if the Pdoc thinks you should.
I am also lucky enough that any stigma associated to taking the meds does not matter to the room full of people I work with who are on or have been on similar meds for similar issues....I have talked with many of them.
Good luck on whatever path you choose. You have to do what is best for you.