Mental Health Childhood to Now

I was diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder, A.D.D, mild depression and dyslexia. My parents tried everything that was available during that time and nothing worked. Medication was the only option left and my parents weren’t sure about it at first but after they both tell me it might have been a hard decision but it was totally worth it. Medication does have its ups and downs, but it has changed my life for the better. I would never be going to college, driving, gone on over night girl scout and church camps, I never would have found my passion for dance and music. I have been able to live my life, do things I never would have done before. Does it cure it 100%, no but it helps me keep it under control. Less panic attacks, quiets the random worries that would go through my head 24/7, etc. Now days there is more knowledge about mental illness and providing different ways to cop with it and medication can be a last resort but I have to say that without it, I wouldn’t be the real me. Before I was stuck in my head but now I am able to come out of my shell.