Is medicating mental problems worth it?

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Sorry for the power level, I tried other places first and concluded I'd probably get less of a gay hug box response here. Or a bunch of shitposts, I'll take those too.

In short OCD and social anxiety hasn't ever let me have a life in the first place. The OCD is mainly "mental OCD" in my case, not the check a stove 20 times to make sure its off OCD although I have that to a lesser extent too. It's all consuming, it takes up 90% of my day every day for almost my whole life. Add social anxiety on top of that for a fun time.

I'm going to see a shrink soon now that I have insurance that will (hopefully) pay for it but based off what I read they usually like to medicate for this stuff.

My concern is I've seen what it can do to people. Wings of Redemption turned into a lexapro zombie, xannies are addictive and fucked Ethan Ralph up and Kanye West no longer hates jews after taking his goy pills.

Are my only options "jew loving horse beating chemical zombie" or "be miserable"?
 
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Be wary of SSRIs or SNRIs as there is a chance that's what you'll get for OCD. They are good to numb the worst symptoms but won't help you move forward when dealing with root causes as they numb your emotional processing too. I have a similar type of OCD myself and my biggest improvement came after I went off of venlafaxine a few weeks ago (despite horrible withdrawal effects).

If you want a real solution for OCD you'll probably have to go to therapy and medication alone probably won't be too useful. Obsessions are normally caused by certain core fears you have to work on and it's much easier with a decent therapist. Because in some ways OCD treatment is similar to that of phobias It is likely that sooner or later you'll do some type...
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Sure. But if you seriously cannot function in society and you're a nuisance to everyone around you, maybe being euthanized is what we should do. There are people who will never, ever get better and are nothing but a danger to a people around them. I can't figure out why it's even ethical to let these people live.
 
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A-Stump said:
Sure. But if you seriously cannot function in society and you're a nuisance to everyone around you, maybe being euthanized is what we should do. There are people who will never, ever get better and are nothing but a danger to a people around them. I can't figure out why it's even ethical to let these people live.
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What the fuck does this have to do with OCD?
 
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Matt Damon said:
God, I hate when people spout this bullshit. There's no practical way of measuring neurotransmitter levels in a living brain. If there's no way to measure them, there's no way to determine a baseline across a population. If you can't determine a baseline across a population, there's no basis for claiming someone has a "chemical imbalance".

If anybody doubts me, please try to find what "normal" serotonin or dopamine or norepinephrine synapse levels are - it ought to be easy if "chemical imbalances" are such an epidemic. Please go to a doctor and ask to have your levels tested and see what they say. This is unsubstantiated pharma marketing bullshit, not medical science.
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SSRI's are an emergency if you're suicidal or completely non-functional. Other than that, avoid.
 
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It's been a few months, OP, and it's coming up on Fall in the Northern Hemisphere.

Have you tried running yet?

Doing some can have many effects on mental health, learning, brain recovery, generation of new neurons, immune health (muscles pump lymph around), seeing the sun daily, and more.

It's a wonder drug that's almost on the level of sleep imo.

I don't really do much running because I focus on other movements (lots of ways to work out, find what inspires ya) but it's much easier to get started with running/jogging/walking and make it a habit.

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Just got back from a run so that I'm not a hypocrite. It was hard because I'm not used to running so I slowed to a snail's jog to keep moving without getting winded. I put on some dirty laundry and I'm putting it back in the bin and rinsing off in the shower. ~3 hrs. of boosted learning skill after that so I'm gonna study. How's that for a drug?)
 
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