Reflections on medication for anxiety and depression

Maintaining balance is about developing positive coping strategies, a toolkit that works for you. Prescribed medication is regarded as a positive approach. But it is important to be concordant, be aware of side effects and to not think medication alone will solve your mental health condition.

Not everyone is prescribed antidepressant medication who has an anxiety or depressive disorder but for some it can be helpful. They are not regarded as a cure but a component of treatment and can have multiple benefits dependent on how different symptoms interact.

Essentially, medication can work to restore chemical imbalance and help and therefore improve your receptiveness and resilience in developing healthier thinking/coping methods. These chemicals are known as neurotransmitters and work to pass signals within the brain to nerve cells. When suffering from anxiety and depression it is thought that they are unbalanced. SSRI antidepressant medication is used for various mental health issues, and work to target serotonin levels, a neurotransmitter linked to improve mood. It works by stopping serotonin being re-absorbed by the synapses in our brain and therefore increasing its active levels.

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