Drew Dyck is an acquisitions editor at Moody Publishers and a senior editor at CTPastors.com. Drew Dyck is the author of Generation Ex-Christian (of which I am a fan). In this article, Drew writes about his journey through anxiety and depression.
I have had my own struggle with depression – due to PTCD (Post-Traumatic Church Disorder). So I know the destruction it can bring. I hope this article will be an encouragement to you.
Three months ago I took my last antidepressant.
Well, it was more like a sliver of an antidepressant, a pink little tab cracked off from a larger one. I had been weaning off Paroxetine (the generic form of Paxil) for a month, taking increasingly small doses—25mg, 20mg, 15mg, 10mg …