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I feel so so sorry for you but you really think an online psychologist is going to solve your problems?
SSRI’s have been around for years and I discovered them when Prozac was on the cover of Time Magazine. Finally I had a name for what I had been suffering from since my freshman year in college.
I immediately called my PCP the next day and said this article was describing me and my mother who made my childhood miserable.
Unlike my mother who denied she suffered from depression and continued to self medicate with alcohol I immediately called my PCP who ironically was my mother’s PCP and had her prescribe Prozac for me. Unfortunately Prozac didn’t react well with my brain and I tried Zoloft/ Sertraline. I had control of my life back and the roller coaster I was on finally stopped. Later I met with a psychiatrist who added Buspar, Bupropion and Klonopin. I have been taking all three for over 30 years. Yes I have been taking the same dose of Klonopin for thirty years and I have never increased the dosage or suffered any side effects.
People have to start taking control of their own lives or they can die like my mother still medicating with alcohol and denying she had a problem.
It took a toll on my brother and sister and I swore it would not take a toll on my own family. We all have choices. Instead of demonizing all the drugs that can help you find the right ones and take them.
I wish you all well.