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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Not discounting meds as helpful.
Saying not to make it a first resort if you're thinking about seeking solutions to your anxiety/panic/depression.
Field different solutions first, including diet and lifetstyle. Some people are living pretty unhealthily and don't consider how that can be linked to how they feel.
If symptoms are extreme and other things haven't worked for you, yes medication can be very helpful.
Yes, they primarily treat symptoms, and depending on which drug therapy, they can create other unwanted symptoms as a result.
For those that it has worked successfully for, that's great. Taking nothing away.
I'm offering alternative ideas for those that don't know where to begin with tackling the issues they might be experiencing.
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To add to this a bit, there are certain conditions, including psychological conditions, where some form of pharmaceutical treatment is necessary as a first resort and/or on an emergency basis.
I agree with your main point though.
The pharmaceutical industry is a for profit industry, and they have an awful record of pushing people onto ongoing (and often expensive) pharmaceutical regimes. Overall, the medical field is very quick to push people into a category and then give them the medicine that corresponds with that category. In reality, a lot of conditions, particularly psychological ones, exist along a spectrum and what works for one person may not work for another.