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I think that is true. On the meds topic, I am the person who is always so proud that I didn't take anti-depressants to fight my depression. It has been like a badge of honor for me. I beat depression with psychotherapy alone. So it makes me seem like a complete hypocrit to myself to now be taking an anti-anxiety med. But it just got to be too much for me, very painful and anxious time (divorce), with lots of negative emotions zinging around our house. I just needed something to help me get through this time. So I went over "to the dark side" lol and got a prescription from my GP. (What' s ironic is that the med I got does not help at all with anxiety but has these other effects I really like.)
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I would never judge you for your stance on taking meds. In fact, I have an aunt that swears up and down that my ADD is made up so drug companies can make money. So I hear this stuff a lot. It a personal choice and you made yours but give yourself permission to make a different choice too.
You are not a hypocrite, you did what you felt you needed to. That's a good thing.
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Actually, I'm surprised he isn't involved in the decision or at least knows about it. He has never asked you that? Although, I'm not sure if you went to see him initially for a problem that required medication.
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almedafan, IMO, many conditions problems for which people take psychotropic meds do not "require" meds.
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Actually, I don't disagree with this statement about depression meds being handed out like candy basically. I won't babble too much about this but since we are on the topic, doctors should focus on what medical conditions can mirror depression like hypothyroidism, run some blood work perhaps and rule some conditions out. I'll stop here because I don't want to offend anyone for their choice. But I understand what you are saying.
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sunrise said:
I need to decide myself whether to seek meds, not because a T is for or against them. It is just such a charged topic and no one is free of bias, so I prefer to make up my own mind without consulting therapists.
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Of course you need to decided for yourself
You've been with him so long and trust him so I jumped in the wrong direction with my comment. Now that I have more information I understand. Have you told your current T how staunch against meds you are? If so, is this why you feel hypocritical now for taking them?
These are questions for you to think about not to answer to me by the way. I'll share something with you. I used to agree with my Aunt about ADD...jokes on me I guess
I understand feeling hypocritical but what I explained to her was that I allowed to many other opinions from those who do not at least possess a medical degree and some knowledge on the subject.
In other words, I included myself in that and I gave myself permission to change my mind having more information.
Does this make sense?