doing this without the help of medications

I am.

Phobic of Med's although I wish I could take them.

I am as well. I take some extra supplements, like calcium, and take a couple of special amino acids for anxiety, but nothing prescribed.

Heather

Yes, I am too. Seems like everyone (Dr. and counselor) wants me to try medication, but I would like to try to tackle this on my own first. I don't like the idea of using meds when I know a lot of this is caused by my own thinking.

I am without meds too. I have tried a few but felt worse while on them. Everyday I wonder if I should try another one or if I should keep on without them. I get tired of the physical symptoms and I know a lot of other people have had good results with the meds.. It's a toss up. The goal in the end is to be without..so for now I'm going to keep trying on my own.

I am also trying to do this without meds...my mother in law gave me some of her meds for depression and i took them for like 2 days...they made me sooooooo sleepy. I dont like taking meds anyway because they say it helps your problem but can cause something else to go wrong....which could be bigger than the prob you started out with.

I don't take any meds either. Tried Paxil for a while but it only made me worse. I don't like taking meds either, it makes me feel out of control, and I want to try this all on my own before I try anything else. I just want to know that I can do this on my own, maybe a little help from my friends, ya know?