I recently discussed these options with my therapist, though we aren’t looking to start these yet just to know it’s an option. I’m hesitant to use medication for a few reasons.

1. My everyday anxiety is manageable to an extent. What isn’t manageable is the occasional anxiety attacks, as well as sleep anxiety. I mainly get sleep anxiety when sleeping somewhere that’s not home, like my significant other’s or friends houses, but I also periodically get it at home and it makes trying to sleep or even thinking about going to bed just horrible. **to make a long story short,** I feel like taking it every day would be overkill.

2. Addiction runs in my family. I know medication is not a permanent answer, just a tool to use while I learn more skills to handle my anxiety. But I am afraid of becoming addicted to living while on these substances, especially benzodiazepines.

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I’ve tried other ways to somewhat “naturally” medicate, weed gives me worse anxiety, CBD doesn’t work for me, and I’m still working on mindfulness/meditation as it’s hard, lol.

**TLDR;;** Just looking for someone with experience taking SSRIs or benzos, and what your experience with them was like, or what getting OFF of them was like