In anxiety and mental health, everybody wants to talk about medication.

Everybody wants to ask questions about medication, but we can't talk about medication.

And today, I'm going to tell you why.

So let's get into it.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to The Anxious Truth. This is episode 320 of the podcast. We are recording in June of 2025 for those of you listening in the future. I am Drew Linzalata, creator and host of The Anxious Truth. I am a therapist practicing in the area of anxiety and anxiety disorders in New York. I am also a three-time author on this topic and a former sufferer of

panic disorder and agoraphobia and depression and OCD for many years of my life on and off,

but better now. Thank you very much. Psychoeducator, advocate, guy with a microphone, and yeah,

back again for another episode of The Anxious Truth. This is the podcast where we talk about all

things, anxiety, anxiety, anxiety, disorder, and anxiety recovery. If you're new here, welcome. I hope you find the podcast

helpful. And if you are a returning listener, welcome back. I'm always happy when you spend some time

with me. Today, we're going to talk about why we can't talk about medication. Because many of you

do ask questions about medication, and many of you ask if I would talk about medication. Because many of you do ask questions about medication and many of you ask

if I would talk about medication, but we really can't. And there are three primary reasons why,

so I want to get into that. But before we do, just a quick reminder that The Anxious Truth is more

than just this podcast episode. If you go to my website at the anxious truth.com, you're going to find links

to all the other resources. It's all the free social media stuff, all the previous podcast episodes.

You're going to find links to some very low-cost workshops and educational sessions that people find

very helpful. The books that I've written, there's a whole bunch of stuff there. So check out

the anxious truth.com. Avail yourself all the goodies. I think you'll be happy that you

did because people seem to find that stuff helpful. So let's get into the discussion for today,

which is why we can't talk about medication. Now, everybody wants to talk about medication.

I get asked questions about medication every day,

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