Patient Stories

I didn’t go looking for depression, but I certainly wasn’t going to let it define my life without trying to fight. Ten years ago, I was suicidal, at the bottom…

“What’s the most expensive medication?” someone recently asked me. I tilted my head as I thought. Then came the answer: “it’s the one that doesn’t work.” This. I felt this…

I am a busy mom. I had three kids in five years and tried to work as needed, but I struggled with situational anxiety. When I sought counseling in 2018,…

I was first diagnosed with anxiety at 21. My doctor at the time prescribed a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI). It didn’t really help – I still had all-consuming anxiety.…

Before college, I had always been on the conservative side and a rule follower. This changed dramatically in college. I first exhibited signs of anxiety, aggressiveness, and impulsiveness upon returning…