What kind of medicine relieves depression and anxiety

In fact, there is no "standard answer" that suits everyone. The antidepressant and anxiety drugs currently commonly used in clinical practice have their own suitable groups. The final choice depends on the doctor's individualized assessment. No one can casually recommend an "easy-to-use" drug for you.

I worked as a volunteer escort in the municipal mental health center for half a year a few years ago, and I have seen too many such examples.刚毕业的小姑娘因为公司裁员加失恋熬了三个多月，觉睡不好饭吃不下，动不动就坐在工位上掉眼泪，去门诊评估是中度抑郁伴广泛性焦虑，医生给开了舍曲林，头一周总犯恶心、没胃口，她还以为药不对，硬扛到第十天，突然发现之前堵在胸口的那块沉甸甸的“石头”好像轻了点，到第三个月的时候已经能正常跟朋友出去探店撸串了。 But another man in his 40s who was in the same clinic suffered from anxiety and depression due to his failure in starting a business and the pressure of his child to go to school. He took sertraline for two months but had no symptoms. The doctor adjusted the plan and switched to venlafaxine, and he slowly saw the effect.

Many people have extremely polarized attitudes towards this type of medicine. Either they think it is a "mood miracle drug" and will make them happy immediately after taking it, or they are scared to death and feel that taking it will make them stupid and dependent, and they will never be able to stop using it for the rest of their lives. A while ago, a netizen sent me a private message, saying that he checked the symptoms online and thought it was depression, so he secretly asked a friend to buy fluoxetine. After half a month, he suddenly became very hyperactive. He stayed up all night and swiped his credit card to buy a bunch of useless things. After going to the hospital for a review, I found out that he was actually suffering from a depressive episode of bipolar disorder. Taking antidepressants without permission directly induced the manic phase, which made it even more troublesome.

In fact, choosing antidepressant and anxiety medication is like choosing sports shoes. You can’t just buy the same model just because it’s comfortable for other people running marathons. You have to consider whether you have flat feet or high arches, whether you jog or play ball, and even have wide and narrow feet. The same goes for when a doctor prescribes medication for you. He must consider whether you have more anxiety or depression, whether you have sleep problems, whether your liver and kidney function is good, and whether you can even afford long-term medication. These are all variables that need to be weighed and cannot be generalized at all.

As for the side effects that everyone is most worried about, such as drowsiness, nausea, and the brain seems to be slowing down when you first take it, most of them are adaptive reactions in the acute phase, which usually subside in 2 to 4 weeks. The new antidepressant and anxiety drugs commonly used now have very low addictive properties. As long as you slowly reduce the medication as directed by your doctor, you will not be "inseparable" from it. On the contrary, many people hide their illnesses and avoid medical treatment, insisting on not taking medicine, which turns acute emotional problems into chronic ones. Instead, they need to take medicine for a longer period of time to adjust.

If you really feel that your mood has been abnormal for more than two weeks and cannot be relieved on your own, don't randomly search for guides to buy medicines yourself. First, go to the psychiatry or psychological department of a regular hospital to register and let a professional help you choose the one that is most suitable for you. It is much more reliable than asking blind questions online.