Nah, you're not crazy. Have you ever been in therapy before? I'd imagine that you'd probably evenenjoy therapy because you seem like an introspective person who likes to figure things out about yourself. It can be great to have a person who listens to you for an hour and whose only purpose is to try to help you out.


For meds, there's controlled release Xanax for anxiety. This is much milder than regular Xanax, which ended up being a street drug for addicts. These you would just take for certain anxious situations, for example, if you needed to go somewhere for a few hours.


Some anti-anxiety meds are also anti-depressants because they affect serotonin, the brain chemical that promotes positive and relaxed moods. These would be Zoloft, Paxil, and Prozac. I don't know what these are called in the UK. You would take these each day, and it would take several weeks for your body to feel positive effects. You would take them for a few months, maybe even up to a year, until you have stabilized your situation. Then you would gradually come off them under the doctor's supervision. You already have serotonin being produced and broken down in your brain each day. These pills just slow the break down of the chemical so that you have a bit more of it present within your brain at any time.


By the way, I doubt that you'd be given any drug with similar problematic effects to what your father has been taking. 30 years ago anti-depressants were in a rudimentary state. Newer antidepressants are mild, well tolerated by the body, usually intended for short term use, and non-addictive. Edited by: japa