Thank you for saying this. I had to gone on antidepressants a few years ago. I came down with massive anxiety and couldn’t sleep. Felt like a grizzly bear was chasing me 24/7. Shortly after my thyroid popped out of my neck. But since I wasn’t an easy textbook case on my blood work I was gaslighted by many doctors who said I was fine. I spent over a year resisting taking antidepressants because I was scared they would make worse.
My one regret is that I didn’t take them sooner. Whatever happened with my thyroid left my brain in hell. I finally broke down and took the antidepressants when a kind nurse at the sleep disorder center believed me and showed me compassion and said that I needed something in the meantime while the doctors figured it all out.
I would not be here today if antidepressants didn’t work. They’re one of those miracle medicines discovered to work on depression and anxiety by accident. I do agree they are overprescribed by doctors who like to blow off their patients, and I suspect that’s where the negative experiences are coming from. If your brain doesn’t actually need them then they can really mess it up. But they work wonders on the rest of us
Edit: sorry meant to reply to Simpleton9 but my phone spazzed.
Good comment. There is good and bad in everything. I used to think the same way as some people who have commented here. They are ignorant. The best lessons are learned through first hand experience. Antidepressants are tools. Any tool can be misused. But as you said, in the right situation it can be life changing.
Thank you for saying this. I had to gone on antidepressants a few years ago. I came down with massive anxiety and couldn’t sleep. Felt like a grizzly bear was chasing me 24/7. Shortly after my thyroid popped out of my neck. But since I wasn’t an easy textbook case on my blood work I was gaslighted by many doctors who said I was fine. I spent over a year resisting taking antidepressants because I was scared they would make worse.
My one regret is that I didn’t take them sooner. Whatever happened with my thyroid left my brain in hell. I finally broke down and took the antidepressants when a kind nurse at the sleep disorder center believed me and showed me compassion and said that I needed something in the meantime while the doctors figured it all out.
I would not be here today if antidepressants didn’t work. They’re one of those miracle medicines discovered to work on depression and anxiety by accident. I do agree they are overprescribed by doctors who like to blow off their patients, and I suspect that’s where the negative experiences are coming from. If your brain doesn’t actually need them then they can really mess it up. But they work wonders on the rest of us
Edit: sorry meant to reply to Simpleton9 but my phone spazzed.
Good comment. There is good and bad in everything. I used to think the same way as some people who have commented here. They are ignorant. The best lessons are learned through first hand experience. Antidepressants are tools. Any tool can be misused. But as you said, in the right situation it can be life changing.