> reads like a medication pamphlet
> reads like a medication pamphlet
That means that you're in the not particularly large fraction of people that the pills work well for. Good for you.
For the rest of us, well, the pills can be a hell of side-effects, tolerance, and rebound ... and that's if they have any primary positive effect at all.
> not particularly large fraction
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/GID-CGWAVE0725/documents/dr...
Pages 38 to 45 probably most useful, especially pages 40 onwards.
(Personally, I think meds are useful, and I think good quality talking therapies are useful, and I think people should have access to both, and access to a range of psycho-social interventions.)
what happens with your case, is that you do not care about side effects. or even welcome them. just like most depressed people in bad marriages welcome the lower sex drive, or stressed people at work welcome the drone like sleepless life. And you will not even know you are living like that until you go to a good therapist, which seem to be very rare in the US.
all that said, I sincerely whish you get well and eventually go without the meds. And I am happy you did seek out help. That's the rigth spirit. Just do not shrug off therapy. Do take the time to work with a few different ones during a year, even if you honestly believe the meds cured you 100%
> what happens with your case