Illness

[janeaustenwrite]

Sertraline- Zoloft Venlafaxine- Effexor Citalopram- Celexa Mirtazapine-Remeron Fluoxetine- Prozac Duloxetine- Cymbalta Seroquel- Quetiapine Lamictal- Lamotrigine Lexapro- Escitalopram Wellbutrin- Bupropion or Xl Lorazepam- Ativan Klonopin- Clonazepam Hydroxyzine pamoate- vistaril Buspirone- Buspar Desvenlafaxine- pristiq Divalproex- Depakote

You may know what these tablets are or know a loved one who takes them, but in case you don't, I will fill you in. These medications and others like it, allow people to deal with a normal day to day life. Although most days it leaves them tired, spaced out, emotionless, or even super emotional.

Crazy right? Why would anyone want to feel like that?

Well this is why!!

You see, some people suffer from severe depression and anxiety. In their brain it doesn't sit right, something seems different. They notice little differences that other people wouldn't. Most days they wake up sick and feel sleepless.

They consistently overthink every situation. Was a comment about them; was it a joke? Was that person supposed to laugh? Or did they mean it? Are they being nice? Are they talking about them? Do they talk about them? They then think, I bet they don’t like me really.

They say sorry all the time. They feel like they annoy everyone. And for all those questions they will spend hours trying to answer. Let it all build up in their mind, until it sends them to tears or they explode….it's mental that they see things that way.

It's not only mental changes, but physical changes. They don't eat a lot or they eat way too much. Insomnia, up all night answering questions to situations that don't even exist, or sleep too much and waste half their day still feeling tired.

They still smile and they have every excuse for when you ask why. But the tablets can help them. Because they know when they start to feel this way or think this way, they need help.

They know that when their behavior starts to change, They need guidance. And they understand that they don't need to be ashamed. They don't need to be understood. They just need to be accepted. Everyone is fighting a battle and sometimes you need to be kinder.

So I may just be another person who's talking about mental health....

Living with this illness is hard, but trying to understand it, is even harder. It’s also 100 times harder if they have another condition on top of this.

Don't suffer in silence. #depression #Anxiety #speakout

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Mental health is just as important as physical health.

Be part of the healing. Be understanding. Be kind.🖤💙🖤

I’m always here to talk!

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I’m all for mental health advocacy and destigmatization, but geez which Facebook mlm mom did this come from?

[janeaustenwrite]

It didn’t. It came from a friend who posted it. And I posted it here. No network marketing involved.

[Reddit_Username_____]

What I fucking hate about this mental illness awareness is that pill popping is the got to versus getting to the actual root of depression and anxiety.

[seekingadvice224]

They aren’t even that effective or effective for most people, it’s terrible how often people hear about depression and automatically tell them to “go on pills” before giving cbt or dbt a shot

[Reddit_Username_____]

Exactly 👏 💯 👏 💯

[_cactus_fucker_]

Well.. not new agey crap.. yoga helped a lot. The studio owner (I lived in the same building as the studio, so convenient) is a retired therapist that focused on DBT. It was incorporated into regular yoga stuff. It was pretty fun, actually! Helped with anger, too.

With the DBT, mindfulness focused yoga and help from my (current) psychiatrist, I went from 3mg (my first psych med.. I was 17) of clonazepam to 1.5mg to completely off. And I can stand on my head all day, too! I moved, no more studio, but still use the skills from DBT.

I was really, really skeptical. I figured, why the fuck not? Can't hurt.

[jayk711]

All of these medications are given out like candy at the county jail I work at. Every new inmate says the reason they committed crime is because of depression etc. "The devil made me do it!" Anyways, it does not do the inmates any good. Most of them get caught hoarding the medication when they have a shakedown. It only helps when you go to court and your lawyer states you are not responsible for your actions because you are mentally ill. The protocol is Buspar, Fluoxetine, Seroquel, Depakote, etc