FEBRUARY 28, 2023
I'm coming from the Pharmacy I went to get my new sleeping pill prescription, they didn't have those pills and the advice from the pharmacist was that the better to sleep is a bath in the sea. I would like to say that it didn't bother me or I laughed at the joke, but it wasn't a joke, I'm starting to get used to people believing that depression and all the side effects are not that big deal, but it is.
In my case, 2021 was the first time I started to medicate for depression/ anxiety, firstly I was diagnosticated with General Anxiety Disorder, but it turned into one of the worst depression stages I've been in my entire life, luckily I'm getting out of it and looking to stop taking them soonly, that's why I would like to talk about my own experience as someone who had a lot of prejudgments.
Before starting to talk about pills, I have to say that took me a long time to accept that medication could be helpful to me, I was super scared about it. That's one of the reasons why I'm writing this article, information is key to understanding, and of course, seek for proper help, by this, I mean a good doctor.
I'm not an expert on medicine or psychology but I've been on different medications and done some research and I good like to share it, if you're doubting about taking pills.
First, of all, depression is a chemical unbalance in the brain, so taking chemicals can help to regulate it again. There's a stigma with depression and anxiety, it's a condition that needs to be treated as could be diabetes.
There're different types of pills the most common are Antidepressants (this type of medication helps to balance the chemicals in your brain) and Benzodiazepine (a type of sedative medication, which means slows down the body and brain’s functions.)
I've been on both, and there's a real threat on Benzodiazepines, these are highly addictive, and the most known is Xanax. I've gone myself through a withdrawal of those and even though it wasn't the highest dose, it was pretty rough. That's why this kind is meant to be used occasionally, and that's why I find it so scary how to normalize the use of Xanax.
Regarding, the antidepressants, I've taken different types and stuck for 6 months with the one that looked to work the best for me, Pristiq, once again this is my own case, what you take has to be decided by a professional.
In conclusion, I can't conclude this, there's something my psychiatrist said in our second session when I said I was sick of taking pills “We need to take care of your depressive stage, to take care of what is lurking underneath”, I know now that I suffer from Anxiety Disorder, and that it's something I need to care of, and that's a relief even though when all this journey started it felt like one of the worst news I've never received.
Remember, you're not alone, there's nothing wrong with you. You have a condition and you need to take care of it, sometimes you're in better shape than others, but you're not a broken person, I write while I say it to myself.
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