Don't do it.
There has been an absurd number of threads on these issues in the past week, and everytime I see the same theme. Person just wants to pop some pills to try to find the easy way out. Most of these people are taking medication without counseling, that will fuck you up worse than you were to begin with.
I've been going through this stuff for 5 or 6 years now. I was originally diagnosed with depression, then ADD, then ADD/depression/OCD, then ADD/anxiety/OCD, and now they've finally figured out that I never had ADD at all, and what I do have is a social anxiety disorder. I did have some minor OCD at one point, but through a little counseling and some determination, I got past that. No more locking doors a billion times for me
I've been on wellbutron, paxil, and zoloft. Wellbutron just made me irritable, while paxil has some pretty bad sexual side effects. My girlfriend wanted me off that stuff as fast as possible.
Zoloft is a happy drug that seems to be what is prescribed the most lately. Sure it makes you feel great when you're on it, but it has some very very bad side effects once you stop taking it. Once I was off of it, I felt worse than I ever did before. Much greater anxiety problems, depression, etc.
At the moment I'm doing counseling with the RICBT (Rhode Island Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy). Anybody in Rhode Island looking to get an evaluation, I highly recommend these people.
I cannot emphasize enough that medication is not the easy answer.
Counseling is not a fast process, but it goes at your own pace. I've been doing this for 2 months now and the differences made in my life are amazing. The best part about it is, I don't have to rely on any medication to keep it that way. I recommend all the people with these issues check it out, you may end up with medication (alongside counseling) in the end anyways, but you will be all the better if you take that first step.
Cliff notes:
- medication screws people up more than it helps
- counseling can provide much better longterm effects
- medication is great as long as it is with counseling
There has been an absurd number of threads on these issues in the past week, and everytime I see the same theme. Person just wants to pop some pills to try to find the easy way out. Most of these people are taking medication without counseling, that will fuck you up worse than you were to begin with.
I've been going through this stuff for 5 or 6 years now. I was originally diagnosed with depression, then ADD, then ADD/depression/OCD, then ADD/anxiety/OCD, and now they've finally figured out that I never had ADD at all, and what I do have is a social anxiety disorder. I did have some minor OCD at one point, but through a little counseling and some determination, I got past that. No more locking doors a billion times for me
I've been on wellbutron, paxil, and zoloft. Wellbutron just made me irritable, while paxil has some pretty bad sexual side effects. My girlfriend wanted me off that stuff as fast as possible.
Zoloft is a happy drug that seems to be what is prescribed the most lately. Sure it makes you feel great when you're on it, but it has some very very bad side effects once you stop taking it. Once I was off of it, I felt worse than I ever did before. Much greater anxiety problems, depression, etc.
At the moment I'm doing counseling with the RICBT (Rhode Island Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy). Anybody in Rhode Island looking to get an evaluation, I highly recommend these people.
I cannot emphasize enough that medication is not the easy answer.
Counseling is not a fast process, but it goes at your own pace. I've been doing this for 2 months now and the differences made in my life are amazing. The best part about it is, I don't have to rely on any medication to keep it that way. I recommend all the people with these issues check it out, you may end up with medication (alongside counseling) in the end anyways, but you will be all the better if you take that first step.
Cliff notes:
- medication screws people up more than it helps
- counseling can provide much better longterm effects
- medication is great as long as it is with counseling
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