05-18-2024, 10:25 PM
(05-13-2024, 09:11 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: Sure. I have my own opinion about depression and think it's over diagnosed. But I could easily be wrong about that. All I can tell ya' is that I know four people with schizophrenia, and the one person who I know about meds on, the meds stop the demons. The hallucinations and delusions are real. So their illness is real. Either that, or they are connected to another reality and the demons actually are real and the human mind can't deal with that fact so it breaks down. (and I do think that could be true) But that's a whole other discussion ...
I had to talk my psychiatrist out of a depression diagnosis. Yeah, I feel down and depressed at times; everyone does; it's a fairly normal aspect of living. What I had to convince her of was my need to continue anti-anxiety medication. I know most of the anti-depressants out there are supposed to help with both. However, I have a very strong suicidal tendency when I am on an anti-depressant. When I'm on a medication specifically tailored toward anti-anxiety, in my case, Xanax, it's the only thing that helps keep the panic away. Pantophobia would be the closest thing to what I experience, which is no longer a diagnosis, interestingly enough.
