shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
Meds cost $$ and have side effects
Not taking meds has its own problems
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You pick the choice with the fewest problems.
There is no perfect or good solution
Ah...
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Just my own reminiscence of what would've been... I hope you sir won't mind me quoting.
In my case…
Not able to afford meds might've sort of saved me from being dependent AND potential financial requirement for me to ever function that might've lasts in a life time.
I imagine what would've been if my household decided that I should take meds back at my worst days... Sure, it'll cut of the 2 years of life sheltering myself to bouncing back earlier than, graduating earlier, getting a job earlier.
Downside is that I'd might've never truly overcome anxiety and depression -- I'd be instead stuck managing and coping with it along with it's potential side effects.
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I'd be more of an inconvenience to myself and others. One slip of a cold turkey, I won't able to stand up the way I'm actually doing now.
So yesy, how the crap did I know I had about actually 3 main choices? Actually, I didn't knew. I never really know
I have options branching many.
One I took was 'Waste two years of my life, graduate and have a job later'. What I do not know is that I'd also actually work on something about myself.
Second would be 'take a short cut, never had to waste time sheltering myself for others, graduate and have a job earlier or same time as peers'. What I don't know is that I may never overcome or even add suffering in a long run.
And the third is 'do nothing -- do not take meds, do not figure yourself, and blame everything.' Everything is rather uncertain then. My fate would've been far worse.
I'm not saying anyone shouldn't take meds from the beginning -- because mine happened to work out well. I'm very sure that others won't likely end up with the same conclusion for several and obvious reasons.