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[quote=jaguar]Serious depression and panic attacks for two years, worked though the causes and they went away.
When you have a pain attack in a natural environment, with friendly people, let me know. We've created environments that aren't good for us, we live in ways that stifle our minds and then we wonder why some crack like a fucking egg. You've been on drugs for long enough it would be hard to say whether you're really in a position to judge what normal emotions are anymore.[QUOTE=jaguar
Jaguar--I suspect you are a relative youngster? I used to feel that way, too-while in my early 20's, mid-thirties. I felt that most people who went the "depression/anxiety" way were mentally lazy or just defective. I had pulled myself up out of the Abyss-why couldn't they? I now have my comeuppance! It seems to just get harder the older one becomes and whether that is due to the brain chemistry changing even MORE or different expectations, I don't know. I have panic attacks when I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING! No fluoro lights, stress, crowds-just me and myself. Why should I freak out upon wakening? Unfortunately, I cannot take benzodiazepam's (Ativan, Xanax) so I suffer. There are some meds that help and I wouldn't want to think of where I'd be without them. They don't blunt my emotions-they keep me from sticking an axe in my head.
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