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Originally Posted by websiex
Why is taking medication a "cop-out" when you don't know where the problem originates? I can't think of a single reason for me to be having the thought processes I am having, so if a medication with hardly any side-effects fixes it, why not take it?
There is no reason to blame us for who we are; we don't hate you because you think you are better and "understand?" the human brain. The fact is; there could really be a chemical imbalance, because I live a reasonably normal life with very limited drama.
Maybe if you researched this as much as I did and experienced what I experience; who's suppose that you would go for help? I know I am going, because I already learned, enough to know.
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and you don't even want to investigate where the problems *might* originate? medication can help if used the right way but in the majority of cases it's a band-aid and one that won't last.
so you have all these weird symptoms and thought processes and you told them to who - a family physician? a psychiatrist? psychologist?
you have multiple problems - you don't like looking into a mirror - that is probably 'body dysmorphia' - you get feelings of despersonalation and panic when you're in the bathroom or having sex - you have major problems. and you're right we are very ignorant of how the human brain works but for the drug companies and the doctors for whom it is easier to just write out a prescription for Xanax and an anti-depressant it's in their interest to just tell somebody like you that you have a 'chemical imbalance' and all you need is a little pill that will fix that imbalance. It's easy. For some that works, for most it doesn't.
Psychotherapy has gone out of style, because it is a long drawn out process, expensive and alot of times it never works really.
One thing I would bet a huge amount of money on is that you are normal - I will bet that these issues or similar ones have been with you since you were a child.
All I'm saying is there are many points of view regarding what you have and if I were you I'd make sure you were seeing somebody who specializes in it and not just your garden variety doctor or psychiatrist. It's usually best to go to a doctor affiliated with a university hospital, they are the ones who are on top of things.