EPTOn February 20 2013 06:56 iamahydralisk wrote:
I hope you're kidding, dude. Medication isn't the answer to everything; in fact, a lot of the time it just makes things worse because we're talking about really sensitive brain chemicals here and it's very difficult to get the meds "just right" for a person.
Also, your "don't go against what your biology mandates" position would get you laughed out of just about any serious meeting or group of people who actually have experience dealing with/treating anxiety. You can't just "medicate" anxiety away because there's almost always an underlying cause that needs to be dealt with. For example, lack of confidence. Coming from my own personal experience and the experience of maaaaannny others, the best way to deal with social anxiety is to just get out there and take it head on. Then you realize it isn't so bad and you can at least function with it.
I hope you're kidding, dude. Medication isn't the answer to everything; in fact, a lot of the time it just makes things worse because we're talking about really sensitive brain chemicals here and it's very difficult to get the meds "just right" for a person.
Also, your "don't go against what your biology mandates" position would get you laughed out of just about any serious meeting or group of people who actually have experience dealing with/treating anxiety. You can't just "medicate" anxiety away because there's almost always an underlying cause that needs to be dealt with. For example, lack of confidence. Coming from my own personal experience and the experience of maaaaannny others, the best way to deal with social anxiety is to just get out there and take it head on. Then you realize it isn't so bad and you can at least function with it.
medication isnt the answer to everything for sure, but when he's talkign about suicide, the answer is no long just go out there and take it head on. it's way past the stage of managing it yourself when you're thinking that
