The Year I Took Antidepressants
Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels If there was ever a year to break down the barriers of stigma around mental health, it’s this one. My journey to becoming an acupuncturist was very much rooted in my own personal mental health struggles. For years, I tried with little success to manage persistent symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, and general difficulty with executive functioning. As time went on, I became increasingly frustrated with the lack of long term, sustainable treatment options within Western medicine. It was this struggle that eventually drove me to seek alternative care as a patient almost a [...]
