About 10 years ago I tried two different types of prescription medications - for about a year total... I also had issues with side effects and additionally had an extremely challenging withdrawal experience when I discontinued use of one of them. It wasn't long after that I realized that I wasn't going to be able to 'fix' my internal 'problems' with any type of quick-fix external solution (in this context, a pill)... I didn't know how I was going to heal myself - but I knew (in my case) I wasn't going to continue my previous 'strategy'... I had to continue searching...

In fact, I would later go on to experience the life-changing healing that I had longed for, for so long... And I can only tell you in hindsight that I now view my previous (and ultimately unsuccessful) efforts and strategies for healing myself with complete acceptance and understanding - because I realize that I necessarily had to explore and experience what ultimately would not work out for me, in order to finally guide/steer myself down the path that would bring about my healing and an end to my suffering. It's kind of like you're searching the entire house for something and you don't find it until you have looked everywhere else first and where it could not be found. You had to look everywhere before you would finally lead yourself to it's actual 'location'. Think of it kinda like a process of elimination.... You keep searching, and after enough searching you finally discover what you've been seeking all this time... And it changes everything!