Grief
Grief is a normal response to the loss of a loved one. It can also occur in response to other losses, such as job loss or divorce. The death of a loved one, such as a spouse, child, parent or sibling, is one of the most significant stressors in one’s lifetime. While grief is a normal response to loss, it can feel overwhelming, disabling and greatly impact sleep and functioning. Grief can feel so overwhelming that you may feel you can never move on or be whole again, but you can. Grief does not go away, but it changes. With time, and learning to adapt to your loss, grief will quiet down and hopefully become gentle background noise.
Not all who grieve require medications or therapy, but medications can be helpful for some. Medications can help with short-term symptoms such as insomnia or persistent anxiety or crying. Learning to adapt to your loss is an important part of the grief process, and medications are not meant to dampen this, but more so help you function in day-to-day life so that you can learn to adapt to your loss and find new connections. Grief can precipitate or worsen underlying depression or anxiety which may require medication adjustments.
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