CLKD and Birdy,
I really do appreciate your posts.
Benzodiazepines are of course problematic and affect people differently - when I took Valium as a teenager for two weeks while I got used to my first SSRIs I found it very helpful, but a friend of mine said she became addicted after just two days of taking them.
I don't find them to give me an amazing high, and I felt a million times better when the progesterone was doing its job. Luckily my psychiatrist prescribed me another antidepressant to see if that helps.
CLKD, I think it's always a matter of weighing up the benefits and risks, and quality of life is so important! As you said all drugs are potentially very dangerous, so patients need to have all the information available.
And a belated thanks for the hug!
I hope you're both doing ok this weekend?
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