Personally, I know meds have helped me more than hurt me. When I first reluctantly went on an antidepressant 20 years ago now, it yanked me out of a dark suicidal place that talk therapy couldn't touch.


I've subsequently added different meds and feel they help me manage my symptoms so that I can live a reasonably happy and productive life.

But I do sometimes wonder what my brain would be like off meds. I'm in the process of tapering off a benzo that I've been on for almost 20 years and it's definitely having some weird affects on my head.

My goal with my current pdoc is to try to reduce the dosage of the meds I'm on, since I seem to be in a better place mentally, and we want to see if I can manage on a lower dose to minimize side effects.

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