Originally Posted by
panic_down_under
You'll find many different, convoluted, and often contradictory, recommendations for quitting online. Not all the issues people have are necessarily due to the med. Often the real problem is the condition the AD was being taken for. I suggest you take it all with a very large dollop of salt lest you talk yourself into having the very problems you fear.
The mindfulness and cognitive/behavioural therapies can be at least as effective as ADs for anxiety and depression. They both work via the same neurogenesis mechanism. The difficulty usually is accessing a therapist.
Guilty. I'm down in the more polar region of Tasmania.
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