Well... I have decided to "jump" into this thread.. because it is something I feel very strongly about...

and hey... an opinion.. is just an opinion... so can not be right.. or really wrong.... as it is just a viewpoint....

I come from an "age and time"... when meds were not available... and also... when meds when they were... were under precribed...

so... I am thankful... very... thankful for the psych meds that I have today... I am not "flatlined"... I have a "full range of emotions"... I take an anti-depressant... that also controls anxiety..

and I don't feel that docs or patients are taking the "quick" routes.. and not doing the "work"....

I believe.. there is just so much turmoil... and stress in the world today... that it the environment in which we live is "out of control"...

and the meds are the result of that...

yes, we need as a "whole"... to change the world in which we live in... but that will take time...and in the meantime.... there needs to be help for people.. that need to work.. to take care of families... to live...

the mentality of... my MD... was no... you cannot have ambien.. it is habit forming... and no... you cannot have valium because it is habit forming...

the point on these two drugs... is the refusal of help that I needed.. that was necessary for.. the quality of my life...

so.. my pdoc... prescribes both... I sleep at night... with ambien/trazadone combo...

and the valium... keeps my anxiety level... at a normal range.....due to such increased adrenal in my system.

Now... I could be working years... to change my anxiety level... and my sleep... wouldn't know how to change that... because I have a sleep phobia - I know that every time I lay my head on the pillow... I will have a horrific nightmare....so.. sleeping.. isn't my favorite thing to do...

And... I do believe in the power of prayer... and I certainly believe in therapy... but meds.... are good...
just like pencillen was... all those many years ago... just as the polio.. vacination... was...

My... life has been changed.. for the betterment.. by meds....

and no I do not believe they are over prescribed.. they are used as a tool to help people... help themselves..