# @broccyourbody on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Boxgnlvj1TJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/79498486-broccyourbody-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-10-11T00:59:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Carissa Stanton Dutina (@broccyourbody) — https://gondola.cc/broccyourbody

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Did you know that today is #nationalmentalhealthday?! I didn’t... but I’ve been wanting to talk about my mental health on here for quite some time and i decided today was the day even before i knew it was appropriate given the “holiday”. Even though it’s not food related, I still feel the need to share my struggle with mental health because of the platform food has given me.
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I suffer from severe anxiety and panic attacks and I have since I was 12 years old..
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Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of posts on CBD and how it helps me with my anxiety, and it led to an overwhelming amount of messages and emails from all of you asking me for help. Many of you were expressing how severe your anxiety has gotten but you “refuse” to take any type of drug and hope to help your symptoms all naturally. While I completely respect that and I’m positive that CBD, mediation, exercise, healthy eating and whatever combination will help and even cure your anxiety to some degree, I’m also here to remind you that there’s nothing wrong with seeking help from your doctor and taking medication if natural remedies aren’t working for you.
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I take 10 mg of Prozac every single day and I’ve been doing so for almost 10 years now. I never wanted to take drugs and i tried everything i could to feel better without it. Therapy, acupuncture, yoga, herbs, you name it! But I was STILL having panic attacks driving in my car alone to my boyfriends house who lived a mile away. I was STILL too scared to live my life at the young age of 16. So, I started with Prozac and i got lucky with zero side effects and it saved my life. Medication doesn’t make me feel like a zombie, I have feelings, i laugh (a lot), I cry, and i still have anxiety alllll the time! But it’s manageable and I’m able to travel, enjoy my life and drive my damn car as far as I want.
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I’m not a doctor and I know every body is so different, but the stigma behind the use of medication for mental illness needs to stop and if you need help, then get some help. If people are going to judge you, then that’s their own problem 👋🏼
#broccyourbody #byb #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #thefutureisstigmafree

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