boredinoffice:
As I said above, no 2 people are alike and therefore generalities that “medication is inappropriate for long-term use” are quite dangerous. There are many forms of anxiety and the length of time a person needs med’s varies for each individual case, and as such needs to be defined by the mental health professionals (MD’s and counselors). The main thing we should be concerned with is that “2cool” can be treated properly and get back to healthy functioning. Let the doctors decide the “how’s” and “how long’s”. I definitely agree that talk therapy is a vital component of treatment, but the facts are that there are subsets of population for which talk therapy alone is insufficient and require complementary medication treatment even long-term.