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I went to four different doctors between the ages of 16-24 who all prescribed benzos or SSRIs within the first 15-minute consult with zero diagnostics done. Literally "you need to start taking these immediately, you'll probably want to kill yourself for the first 2 weeks, but if you survive that, you'll keep taking them for years until you feel better and then we'll re-assess!"

You know what was wrong with me, anons?

I had a fucking 2x2.5cm tumor in my brain that was causing textbook temporal lobe epileptic seizures. The fifth doctor actually sent me for an MRI and found it immediately.

I'm actually glad that I got to watch my mother's brain melt on an ever-changing cocktail of sedatives, SSRIs and antipsychotics while I was growing up so I knew not to actually start taking any of the prescriptions (except for the short period when I was like 16 and kept eating valium to stay up and play TF2 lmao.)

The last time I went to a doctor about my mental health like 8 months ago, I specifically asked for a 'mental health care plan' - Part of our universal healthcare system that allows for government subsidized psychologist sessions. Every citizen is entitled to it, you just need a GP doctor to sign a referral. I told her that I had been unemployed and alone, by myself all day every day without friends or family for months and I just needed someone to talk to.
>No, no. You need an SSRI. Start taking this and come back in two weeks, then we'll discuss letting you speak to someone.