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Old Dec 13, 2020, 03:32 AM
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Originally Posted by divine1966 View Post
Well true PTSD is a true diagnosis (provided it’s not self diagnosed which is common) could certainly warrant medication. I mainly meant when people are taking meds and they don’t have a diagnosis! Just a bad situation. Perhaps if they left that situation they’d feel well enough to never needing meds! Of course not everyone could leave. Combat soldiers cannot etc

Yes eventually your body and mind do need meds or you are too sick if you don’t take them. You can wean yourself off (with doctors supervision and if warranted) but yes your body depends on it. It does alter your chemistry
Sometimes a mental illness can cause true PTSD. I never got a true diagnosis for PTSD but for one or two years after my attempt,
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Last edited by TunedOut; Dec 13, 2020 at 04:14 AM. Reason: Trigger added
Thanks for this!
Gasplessy