I originally had a long post here, but I decided to make it shorter and easier to read.
Five years ago, I started taking Zoloft for anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder. It has been great. Life is different. I wish I could slay the stigma associated with anti-depressants, but I can't do it alone. I thought I would do my part and post here that I am so glad for what modern medicine can do. Just like your heart can have problems, your brain can to. That's why taking Zoloft has helped me. Sometimes my brain just doesn't work right.
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My brain has never worked too well. Is there a pill that will make me smarter?
I read your super long post... did you keep it somewhere? It was kind of cool to read. Anyway, I'm glad you can make your brain work right.
My brain doesn't want to go to bed and doesn't want to get out of bed in the morning....
I have to admit though, that I have a whole world inside my brain and most of the time that world drives me crazy...is your world any better? I have more arguments and debates in an hour than I think most people have all their lives. I finally have to get mean and tell everyone in my brain world to just "Shut up"! Whoa is me! :)
I pity you all. For I, Carlos, have a most magnificent and amazing brain!
I wish I had a brain to fix.
I agree though at a point several years ago I didn't. I thought they would do more harm than good.
I take Lexapro for anxiety and it works really well. However when our insurance changed so did the price. So the Dr. and I tried several alternatives and none of them worked and it was really frustrating, dealing with switching and not working. So we bit the bullet and I stuck to Lexapro. My only complaint is that I called in for a refill and none came. I tried the Dr. twice and the pharmacy twice,to get the refill, nothing. So I was off for about two weeks. I decided to try an herbal medicine during that time sense I was off it anyway. So far so good.
You can ask Kyle, we were ALL happier when he had to start taking anti-depressants a few years ago too. Hooray for brain drugs!
It runs in my family and it's so sad that people are against medicine to help them survive life with a CHEMICAL IMBALANCE. That's what it is. I've taken 3 different ones mainly for anxiety but love the person it's helped me become. The one that has been hidden away for years. I guess I've been on mine for about 5 years as well. Thanks for sharing. It's good to get the word out!
I think many people would be surprised to learn that some of their favorite people take something to help them out. I think it is a lot of perfectionist that have anxieties about what they can't accomplish that need the medicine to help them cope with the day to day life. I know when I would tell people that I take something they were in shock!! It reminds of the time I told a friend that I was a "Mormon"! She couldn't believe it. She said I was nothing like what she thought Mormon's were. Same kind of stigmas with anti-depressants. You take medicine? "You don't seem like someone that would need medicine". That is because I am on it so you can't tell I need it!! LOL But no matter what, I still wish I didn't have to take anything however when I go off I become very anxious about what I can't accomplish and that leads me down the wrong road....
Dear Mr. and Mrs. McMurry,
It is time to update your blog.
Sincerely con frijoles,
Carlos
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