To meds or not to meds?

I hope I added the correct flair to this. I’m new to reddit thus new to this sub. Hi everyone! I hope you’re all having a great day!

I am a 25F w/ mod-severe anxiety. A little background a started to struggle with anxiety about 5-6 years ago. Prior to that I went through a period of depression due to a traumatic event when I was 16.

During that time I went to therapy and saw a psychiatrist. I was prescribed an anti-depressant (i cannot find them name through my pharmacy record for some reason) that I absolutely HATED. It was a terrible first experience with medication. I felt zombie like all day. I didn’t feel comfortable or safe driving. I didn’t feel like myself. It was awful. It left a bad taste in my mouth toward meds.

Fast forward to when I first started experiencing anxiety. At first I don’t think I realized I had anxiety. As time went on, my anxiety persisted and became more crippling to my day to day life. Due to my prior experience with meds, I’ve learned to “live” with my anxiety through exercise, therapy, and other ways.

I am now getting to a point where myself and my therapist think that it would be helpful to explore the options of taking medication, or at least be open to the idea of sitting down and discussing it with a psychiatrist again. I’m now less opposed to it than I was before, but I still have my reservations. My concerns are about many things including change in personality, hormone imbalance, weight gain, etc. I am well aware that different meds affect everyone differently. But I’m curious to know if anyone was previously in the same boat as me? Having been against meds then going on any. Has it been beneficial? Was it a relief? Regret? All experiences welcome!

I hope I added the correct flair to this. I’m new to reddit thus new to this sub. Hi everyone! I hope you’re all having a great day!I am a 25F w/ mod-severe anxiety. A little background a started to struggle with anxiety about 5-6 years ago. Prior to that I went through a period of depression due to a traumatic event when I was 16.During that time I went to therapy and saw a psychiatrist. I was prescribed an anti-depressant (i cannot find them name through my pharmacy record for some reason) that I absolutely HATED. It was a terrible first experience with medication. I felt zombie like all day. I didn’t feel comfortable or safe driving. I didn’t feel like myself. It was awful. It left a bad taste in my mouth toward meds.Fast forward to when I first started experiencing anxiety. At first I don’t think I realized I had anxiety. As time went on, my anxiety persisted and became more crippling to my day to day life. Due to my prior experience with meds, I’ve learned to “live” with my anxiety through exercise, therapy, and other ways.I am now getting to a point where myself and my therapist think that it would be helpful to explore the options of taking medication, or at least be open to the idea of sitting down and discussing it with a psychiatrist again. I’m now less opposed to it than I was before, but I still have my reservations. My concerns are about many things including change in personality, hormone imbalance, weight gain, etc. I am well aware that different meds affect everyone differently. But I’m curious to know if anyone was previously in the same boat as me? Having been against meds then going on any. Has it been beneficial? Was it a relief? Regret? All experiences welcome! https://ift.tt/eA8V8J https://ift.tt/3aQIfvi