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Do Anxiety Meds Help or Make Things Worse?

I was sure something was physically wrong with me.

I went to doctors for years to run tests. I tried probiotics, antibiotics… I even went on a fasting retreat, even though I was already skin and bones. During that time, I would have tried anything that might fix the mystery illness that made me feel out of control.

When a doctor finally handed me a prescription for Xanax, I took it reluctantly… What would it do to me? But for the first time in months, I felt normal again.

However, normal didn’t last. When the effects wore off, the symptoms came back. Stronger. I was still searching for an…

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