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When psychiatric medication side effects make you question the value of treatment

My psychiatrist wants to try a new medication but the last one made me feel like a zombie and I am scared to lose myself again even if it might help my depression.

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The cure can feel worse than the disease when treatment strips away the self it claims to heal.

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