I have a cat. That’s my go-to answer when people ask me if I have children. It’s just easier than saying my refusal to take FDA-approved medications for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) stole a decade of what could have been normal life from me. Studies show it takes an average of 17 years for patients
My fear of pharmaceuticals stole a decade from me originally appeared in KevinMD.com.