Originally Posted by
MindfulMan 
Why does it have to be "life and death" before medication is OK?
It doesn't have to be last time I checked? If anything i think psych meds are more oversubscribed than being a "life or death" measure. I have been offered both benzos and ssri's multiple times, even by a nurse practitioner, when I brought up my anxiety to them. Thankfully I was aware of the dangers of benzos for someone like me from a community like SR and was able to make a smarter choice.