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Old May 09, 2014, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by VenusHalley View Post
I do believe that taking meds to handle stressful life without trying to adjust the stress level just adding another thing to worsen your health overall. It may feel better, but... you are still under the stressful situation. Unless there is really no way to eliminate it or lessen significantly... it's like taking painkiller for broken leg and considering it a cure, because it's hurting less now. It can get real tricky too, because unlike broken leg, you cannot really see the level or nature of your stress, so one has to go by their instincts.

Can sometimes chemistry help and make life easier? Most definitelly. But one should always reconsider other aspects. Is some of the stuff really worth it? How many of the shoulds you tell yourself are really coming from your heart? Do you really wanna be doing what are you doing or what you "should" be doing? So on.
I think lot of the stress we create is kinda artificial....
I am talking of the external stress mostly.
I will read the articles and check the sources. Thanks for posting them. It may not be until Monday or Tuesday.

I think you miss the point of the thread. I am not talking about someone who does not suffer from mental illness having a few drinks at the end of the day to relax or reduce stress or people abusing street drugs to deal with life. The title of the thread is Mental Illness Stress and Meds. I am talking about how serious mental illness effects lives and causes stress. Not the everyday ordinary stresses that life throws at us. If you pop a benzo every time you get a little stressed that is obviously not good. If you drink a twelve pack of beer every night to cope with life that is not good.

Of course we should consider other aspects. What someone "should" be doing is a judgement each person has to make by looking in their heart and following their own intuition. Hopefully educating themselves or following advice of those they trust and getting input from those they trust.

I have not and am not denying that psyche meds cause problems and even can cause disease. I had to get blood work done because I was taking Ablilify and they have learned it can raise blood sugar so they wanted to monitor it. I was glad to go off of it to be honest. I have only asked for evidence that is all.

I am lucky and don't have a lot of side effects. I don't think they have caused me to gain weight. I am probably more willing than most to take long term risks because of the serious nature of my mental illness. I would rather take the risks, and I am aware of them, of taking benzos than tolerate the horrible anxiety I was having. If in twenty years I am still on them and they have a rebound effect and cause anxiety and I have to go through withdrawal I will do it. There was not deep breathing or meditation or other techniques that were going to get rid of that anxiety.
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