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It's going to be okay
Feb. 23rd, 2024 08:22 amIf it hasn't been obvious from my previous posts as of recently, I've been profoundly anxious and depressed recently. I think it stems from some of my childhood traumas coming back to haunt me with a vengeance, and it's been really hard. Nevertheless, I'm trying my best to make it through everything in a functional manner.
That being said, I got another medication adjustment to see if that would help, and while it's still too early to really tell for sure, I can say that I'm feeling better today than I have in the past two weeks. Even if it just happens to be a placebo effect at the moment, I'm just glad that I'm not suffering in this moment.
When I think about taking medications, I sometimes get upset with myself because I want to be someone who functions good without the use of psychiatric medications, but on the other side of the coin, I think it's important for me to realize that the medications actually really do help me by taking the edge off of what I'm experiencing. In other words, it's like riding a bike with training wheels. Sometimes we need that extra help, and it can be permanent or temporary depending on a person's needs, but there shouldn't be any shame in it. After all, we don't shame people who take over-the-counter painkillers for a toothache or anything like that. Brain medicine shouldn't be treated any different.
That being said, I got another medication adjustment to see if that would help, and while it's still too early to really tell for sure, I can say that I'm feeling better today than I have in the past two weeks. Even if it just happens to be a placebo effect at the moment, I'm just glad that I'm not suffering in this moment.
When I think about taking medications, I sometimes get upset with myself because I want to be someone who functions good without the use of psychiatric medications, but on the other side of the coin, I think it's important for me to realize that the medications actually really do help me by taking the edge off of what I'm experiencing. In other words, it's like riding a bike with training wheels. Sometimes we need that extra help, and it can be permanent or temporary depending on a person's needs, but there shouldn't be any shame in it. After all, we don't shame people who take over-the-counter painkillers for a toothache or anything like that. Brain medicine shouldn't be treated any different.
