Posted by Viridis on December 14, 2003, at 4:12:00
In reply to When are meds justified? Is it quantifiable?, posted by sip on December 13, 2003, at 23:18:54
I'll just second what various others have said. There are many people here with severe problems, who absolutely have to take medications to function at all. Then there are others (here, and in society in general) who can get through life and just not enjoy it much.
I'm somewhere in the middle -- without medication, I have periods during which I'm fine, but inevitably I crash and lose parts of my life to anxiety and depression. I'm definitely better off with meds. I'm not likely to do anything "crazy" without them -- I'd just have to resign myself to being miserable about half the time.
My suggestion is to try the medications (you may have to try a fair number) and see if they help. If one (or a combination) does, then great; if not, you're still doing better than most of the people here.
My gut feeling is that since you're asking, you could be getting more out of life, and the right meds could help you achieve this.
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