I'm genuinely flabbergasted at the amount of people taking these pills.It would seem their useage has increased and become far more acceptable over recent years.
I'm curious as to the reasons.
It's a medical condition that needs treatment,you can't get talking therapy on the NHS for months and these medications can literally save your life in the meantime,it should absolutely be acceptable as any treatment for a condition should be ,it's the strange attitude that you should be ashamed of it or seen as being weak that needs to change,we lose people because they can't speak out,mental health is a huge umbrella term with many different conditions in it,after my very nasty violent divorce i used to wake up shaking,i didn't even feel safe in my own bed,couldn't answer the door/phone/post,go in the garden to feed the birds even,the cat meowing made me want to kill her,no-one to lean on,the medication saved me,now whether you should stay on them long term is a whole different discussion and that is very personal to each person and how your life is affected
The mental health teams are under funded despite Mays promise to fund it better,they are where you need to be as they use medications and/or counselling,your GP has 7 mins to help you,i'm very lucky with mine,i can call him whenever i want and he will spend a long time with me,he is suffers as well so well placed to help me,a lot of people don't have that
Do people who don't need them get them? yes i believe so,how you solve that i don't know,you know when you are in a clinical depression and acute anxiety i believe so you could say if you are just unhappy or fed up with work or something then try and change your situation first but it's complex,the best thing is to make an imformed decision with your dr that knows you and go from there,knowledge is power as they say
I don't do long posts,my head hurts now
