This one is going to be controversial to some.
I am grateful for medication.
I am not going to spend this blog post talking about all the medicines I take and how they help me.
I do feel fortunate that I don't have to take a lot of medication at this stage of my life.
But I do want to mention two medicines.
Hormone replacement therapy
And anti-anxiety medication.
Yup - controversial.
But I'll make it simple.
They work for me.
They are helping me.
And I am very grateful.
Will HRT give me cancer?
I don't know.
If I have to go off the anti-anxiety medicine, will I have side effects?
I don't know.
Deciding to take these medicines is a choice that everyone must make for themselves.
Sadly, they don't work for everyone.
Some people have terrible side effects and have to stop them.
All I can say is that I am grateful they are working for me for now, and I hope they continue to.
Anxiety has been such a burden for so much of my life.
I'm not cured.
But I am so better than I ever thought I would be.
Mindfulness...living in the present moment...not in the past or in the future...that is what I am learning to do.
librarianintx
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