I know it’s oddly trendy to say “I have depression and anxiety” but a couple years ago I had dropped out of school and was diagnosed by a doctor that I have anxiety and depression that has been worsening since I was 11 (I’m 18). But my mother decided that since I wasn’t going to school then I wasn’t allowed to go to therapy to get any help with either of those things (although they did give me a months worth of depression meds that she didn’t let me get refilled). Now that I’m older I’ve been curious if I could possibly get medication to help with at least my anxiety. I get to the point of feeling physically ill about the smallest things. I feel as if my throat is on fire, there’s a weight on my chest and in my stomach and as if I’m going to vomit while shaking like a Chihuahua over simply not fully understanding the plans for the next day if something that isn’t routine is going to happen. That’s just one example of the many things I go through on a daily basis.

Has anyone been put on medication for anxiety? Does it help? How did it change your personality? What’s the process like to get prescribed something? Or is this issue a more “simply go to therapy” thing instead?