Posted by RhainyC on March 15, 2002, at 19:03:38
In reply to Why do we feel guilty for taking meds?, posted by beardedlady on March 15, 2002, at 17:12:37
> Since I started meds for anxiety-induced insomnia, it's been my goal to get off. No one WANTS to be on meds, after all. But why do we often beat ourselves up for being on them? Stigma?
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> My girlfriend takes Prozac because she has social phobia and depression, stemming from childhood abuse by her stepfather. She feels so much better when she's on it, but she berates herself for having to take it.
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> My sister is severly asthmatic and has terrible allergies. She doesn't beat herself up for taking a daily inhaler.
> My mother has arthritis and takes Vioxx every day. She doesn't beat herself up.
> My friends eat asprin like candy because they have stress headaches. They don't beat themselves up.
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> And that's what they tell you when you complain; they say, "But I take this...."
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> No one is looking at us like we're freaks because we take Prozac or Serzone or Wellbutrin or Zoloft or any other drug, for that matter. (The general public doesn't know what Zyprexa or other anti-psychotics are for, which is why I didn't include them.) In fact, ADs are as popular as Advil now.
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> So why do WE do it to OURSELVES, especially when it's working?
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> Just wondering.
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> beardy : )>
I have the same trouble with beating myself up about not being able to beat this depression. I have so many things contributing to it, that I would have to be *super broad* to beat it without some kind of help...at least that is the way it feels.As for beating myself up over the meds, I do the same thing. I am not sure why. I just keep thinking, *I have always been the strong one, able to cope with anything. Why do I have to have meds now?*
I hope to be able to resolve that, because with this being my second major depression episode, I will more than likely need to remain on meds for a long time, if not permanently.
Regards,
RhainyC
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