I love this. I tried EVERYTHING for 10 years to cope with my anxiety. I listened to all the people who would tell me the spiel about big pharma and refused to be duped. Finally my therapist let me know she felt like I needed meds and I'm so grateful I listened to her. After 3 years of CBT and doing everything to a T she was surprised that I was still struggling so much. I took the dive. I never knew I could laugh so much, and enjoy my children and life. I was doing an okay job of managing g before, but the amount of effort and bad days was so overwhelming. So today I eat right, meditate, live minimally, go to therapy, exercise, do breathing exercises AND remember to take those meds.
As a psychotherapist weighing in on this topic, I believe most things need to be considered on a case by case basis. Can psychotropic medication help people with mental health conditions? Of course. Do some people desperately need it to function? Yes. Are some prescribing providers quick to offer a pill when counseling may be just as effective? Yes. Can medication in conjunction with therapy be more effective than medication alone? Yep. I see a lot of people that could just as easily be treated with therapy in place of medication. But then again I also see people that are beyond that. They need medication to get them to functioning at a reasonable level so that they can better engage in therapy. I see this in cases of severe depression and anxiety. I think prescribing providers are doing a disservice to their patients when they don't encourage therapy, as an adjunct to medication.
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Mullinberry on July 12nd, 2017 at 14:00 UTC »
Thankfully they put little buttholes on the kittens.
lolturtle on July 12nd, 2017 at 14:10 UTC »
I love this. I tried EVERYTHING for 10 years to cope with my anxiety. I listened to all the people who would tell me the spiel about big pharma and refused to be duped. Finally my therapist let me know she felt like I needed meds and I'm so grateful I listened to her. After 3 years of CBT and doing everything to a T she was surprised that I was still struggling so much. I took the dive. I never knew I could laugh so much, and enjoy my children and life. I was doing an okay job of managing g before, but the amount of effort and bad days was so overwhelming. So today I eat right, meditate, live minimally, go to therapy, exercise, do breathing exercises AND remember to take those meds.
PsychAnalyst on July 12nd, 2017 at 15:00 UTC »
As a psychotherapist weighing in on this topic, I believe most things need to be considered on a case by case basis. Can psychotropic medication help people with mental health conditions? Of course. Do some people desperately need it to function? Yes. Are some prescribing providers quick to offer a pill when counseling may be just as effective? Yes. Can medication in conjunction with therapy be more effective than medication alone? Yep. I see a lot of people that could just as easily be treated with therapy in place of medication. But then again I also see people that are beyond that. They need medication to get them to functioning at a reasonable level so that they can better engage in therapy. I see this in cases of severe depression and anxiety. I think prescribing providers are doing a disservice to their patients when they don't encourage therapy, as an adjunct to medication.