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Ostracized from across society just to suffer for my little anxiety. Please help me
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let's talk about
these
What are these I hear you say Charlie, these are anti
depressants, I
Take antidepressants for my anxiety. And in this video. I want to talk about the good and
the bad of anti
depressants, this video is based on my personal experience of being on and off of
Antidepressants for 10 plus years now. So let's start with the bad about anti
depressants now
the first thing I want to talk about it's not necessarily the
Antidepressants though. It's the doctors and
Therapists fault in my personal experience I believe
Doctors and therapists give our Aunt Edith lessons like their candy. They hear someone is suffering from anxiety
Depression and they immediately think in their minds. Okay. Take this tablet take this antidepressant try this
Antidepressant try this try that without exploring other
Avenues, I believe you should only be on antidepressants if you have tried everything
Before to get help such as counseling and therapy CBT therapy
Things like that that can help you rather than being immediately put on an antidepressant
That's my personal opinion. I think doctors and therapists just hand out
Antidepressants like their candy like you're going into a store and buying chocolate
I believe you should always try other things before going on antidepressants
Like we've just said like therapy or counseling
Because those things can really help you. The next bad thing is negative
side effects now I can only talk about the
antidepressants that I have been on before when they give you the
Antidepressants, they tell you it takes between three and four weeks
For the antidepressant to get into your system and work in that time
They tell you you will experience or you might experience negative
Side effects such as your depression getting worse your anxiety getting more
struggling with headaches or suicidal thoughts having nausea
vomiting diarrhea all these negative side effects whilst you are waiting for the
antidepressant to get into your system to help you but if you need the
antidepressant then going through the
Negative side effects is worth it in the long run to help you with your mental illness
Let's now move on to the good of
antidepressant
now
Antidepressants work and there scribed for a reason because they help people with mental
illnesses, some people have a chemical imbalance in their brain that they need the
Chemical to replace what they're missing
inside their minds and that's what the
Antidepressant is and does
Antidepressants are also relatively cheap when you get them prescribed
So that's another good thing for people who need them. I am in no way shape or form
promoting
antidepressants or telling you to jump straight on to
antidepressants, you should always discuss that with a doctor or a mental health professional in my opinion like
I've already stated
people just jump straight onto
antidepressants immediately without trying other
Avenues to help with their anxiety depression or mental illness. You should always try
talking over your feelings trying to
Explain why you're feeling or look for an explanation as to?
Why you're anxious about something or why you currently?
might be feeling or suffering from depression and the only way you can do that is speaking to a
counselor or a
Therapist or going to your doctors and talking over your feelings explain to them
I'm not too sure if I should be on antidepressants
immediately because I haven't tried other things that could help me if you want to talk to a counselor or a
Therapist just make an appointment with your doctors
and they will be able to refer you to a counselor or a
Therapist or if you want to speak to someone right now and prefer not to speak to someone face-to-face
There's a link in the description box down below
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Website where you can talk to someone and get help right now
I now want to hear from you guys and girls in the comment section. I want to hear are you on antidepressants?
Do you think they work for you? Do you think antidepressants are good or bad?
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