Posted by minimal on April 23, 2006, at 14:52:37
In reply to Re: Guilt and Shame about taking Meds :(, posted by bassman on April 23, 2006, at 10:56:50
Thanks for all of your responses.
My therapist and I are constantly working through my moral dilemmas about taking meds and my concerns about their safety. It definitely helps. The whole concern does seem to get slightly worse when I am feeling crummy, but luckfully I am feeling a little better today than yesterday, although I do feel like I could cry over small matters.
The meds do a lot for me though. I feel I am one of the success stories here. Without meds, as I've said before, depression and sadness are my overwhelming preoccupations, preventing me from doing much of anything. They allow me to really be great in so many areas of my life. I remember my grandfather and his undiagnosed social anxiety disorder/agoraphobia and major depression and I do wish he would have sought access to this technology because it would have changed his life. He was a brilliant man who lived his life in melancholia. I do not want that to be me.
It has been only a couple of weeks I think since I increased my prozac dosage so I may have another couple of weeks of feeling this way.
I do need to focus more on exercise. My diet is pretty good but I always feel better when exercising.
Again, thanks for the advice. I look forward to other responses regarding guilt and shame over taking meds.
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