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Anxiety
Hi, this is the same person who asked the question about depersonalization.
So, I just need some advice here. Should I start getting anxiety pills? I hate having to deal with it each and every day. The thing is, is that I'm scared of feeling like a zombie, or feeling different. I also don't want to be medicated all the time, but I HATE feeling this way. But I'm pretty sure I have depersonalization. I feel "detached". Will anxiety pills help me with this too?
Also, I know for a fact that I have Anxiety and Depression because I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago. I also get it from my father. I just really need some advice here asap. Thank you
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Maybe give some free advice about: Mental health?
Do not self-medicate. Just because you have some symptoms does not mean you have the illness. You need to be properly diagnosed by a doctor. When we try to practice self-diagnoses we are wrong almost 100% of the time.
Anxiety and Depression go together and one cause the other though it does not necessarily cause depersonalization, there are many other factors and symptoms; you have only two. The feeling of detachment is possibly more from the depression and your own adaptation of the medical information you have accrued by reading.
As I said yesterday the medicine does not have to make you feel like a zombie. I was on antidepressants and antianxiety medication. The antianxiety medication is something I took when needed not all the time. When I took it, when and if I needed it, which became less and less, if I had any side effect from the anti anxiety medication it was that it made me drowsy. If I took it after dinner I usually fell asleep. I never had that Zombie feeling you're afraid of. IF you do find you feel that way the doctor can change the medication or change the dosage.
What I did find over time was that just having the medication work as sort of an anti anxiety treatment. I found that over time I became less dependent on them maybe because the antidepressants started working.
If you do have Depersonalization disorder the worst thing you can do is try to self medicate and self treat yourself. See a doctor and get properly diagnosed. Given the new laws concerning Obama care you should have some type of insurance available. All this would be covered under the insurance provided under Obama care.
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Hon, I am not a licensed doctor. I can only tell you that you're not happy currently, so medication is worth a try if the Doctor you see says you need it. For all we know, you may simply need some counseling and re training in how to think through issues. If you started feeling like this at the point you started going through puberty, then you may want to have a Doctor check your hormone levels to see if they are too high or too low. I have read reports of teens whose who emotional behavior changed totally when hormone levels were way off. If you can prescribed some medication...take them and see if it helps, if it doesn't, then have the Dr try you on another. We are all unique in what cures work better for one over another even when it comes down to herbal medicine. If you just don't feel right, say something about it until you are getting the proper help.
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