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Originally Posted by sketchygirl  It was pretty frightening that, after only about 45 minutes of simple questions, he diagnosed me with "Generalized Anxiety Disorder" and sent me along my merry way with a brand new prescription for Lexapro and Ativan.
I took the stuff for about 40 days and I guess I felt a little better, but mostly I just felt pathetic for taking meds because I know that I'm a stronger person than this. I pitched them, now a month later I feel horrible again. I also couldn't help but feeling it was a bit of the "magic feather" phenomenon and I was tricking myself. |
I used to suffer from generalized anxiety disorder. I don't anymore.
The first thing I want to say is that there is no shame in taking medication if you truly need it. You seem to think that you're week if you need medicine, but it's that sort of mindset that has kept mental illness in the closet for so many years.
You can read how I overcame anxiety here:
How I Overcame Anxiety (and How You can Too)
In the end, I didn't need medication, although I did try it -- it just didn't work for me. Other techniques worked better. But every case is different.