I’ve had depression since I was 15 and have been treating it with a combination of therapy and meds off and on ever since (I’m now 24). This past April I started having panic attacks and horrible anxiety for the first time. I started therapy again and tried a couple of different medications. The therapy helped me manage the anxiety and learn how to get through the panic attacks, but none of the meds have helped. I tried to explain this to my dad — that medication can be really helpful for some people, but may not work for others. I’ve tried lots of different classes of meds since I was a teen and none have helped. I feel like I really made an effort to try different combinations to see if there was one that worked for me, but to no avail. But my dad says that my anxiety is 100% chemically based and that medication WILL help, and by not pursuing medication I’m basically “giving up” on getting better. I explained that I’ve been putting effort into knowing myself, and understanding my feelings, managing my depression and anxiety for the past 9 years and I would know best what’s right for me and my brain. But he just says I’m wrong, that depression and anxiety are 100% biological and therefore curable with drugs. I’m a completely independent adult now, so I know it doesn’t really matter if my dad disagrees with how I choose to treat my anxiety. But it still upsets me when he says things like that, and I feel like it’s driven a wedge in our relationship. I don’t feel like I can trust him because he doesn’t understand or support me. I don’t think he’ll ever understand. So should I just… not care?