Importance of Prescription Medicines for Domestic Violence Recovery

Importance of Prescription Medicine

For the longest time, I misunderstood the importance of my anti-anxiety medicine. I was concerned that as a daughter of an alcoholic, I was trading my alcohol addiction for prescription medicine addiction. The devil’s voice in my head had a field day convincing me that I was trading one addiction for another. I felt defeated and weak since I was unable to handle this anxiety issue on my own.
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What I now realize is how far from the truth this is. My anti-anxiety medicine restores a chemical imbalance in my brain. Years and years of abuse re-wired my brain’s ability to function. My medicine is required to boost chemical imbalances in my head thus allowing me to function in this world.

After an Abusive Relationship - Anxiety

With regards to my prescription medicine versus alcohol, it was easy to convince me that these two things were interchangeable. But, as I have grown in my faith, I realize that those years of drinking didn’t provide me with any effective coping mechanisms. None at all. Comparing alcohol to anti-anxiety medicine is not an even comparison; one hurts our mental processing and coping skills, the other improves them.

My anti-anxiety medicine calms my head down enough so I can continue to focus on my recovery, work, or mothering efforts.
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• Too much medication causes me to be lethargic and lazy
• Too small of a dose and my mind is feeling scattered and racing all day
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Finding the right kind of medicine and dosing takes time, open communication with my doctor, and honest assessment. If I really want to know how I am doing, it helps me to listen to my children. They take their cues from me; if they start acting differently towards me, then there might be a chance I have changed; sometimes for the good, sometimes not for the good.