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‘I didn’t believe in medication’ – Panesar
- Updated: May 26, 2016
Monty Panesar has said that he had to overcome a reluctance to take medication to help deal with his mental illness.
Panesar, who has 167 wickets from 50 Tests and recently made a comeback for Northamptonshire, his first first-class match since August last year after which he was released by Essex, has opened up about his battle to deal with anxiety and paranoia.
“I went on medication and it calmed a lot of things down in my mind and it took way the symptoms of being paranoid,” Panesar said. “I didn’t believe in medication. I have been brought up to say medication isn’t good for you. There are always side effects to every medication you take.
“I would take it for a couple of days and then not take it. I eventually got into a place where I would take it on a regular basis. The people who were helping me did see a change in me. They said to me it would it take three to six months to get back to where I need to be.
“When I first started on the medication I was a lot more patient with myself. You want things to happen very quickly, you want things to improve quickly but you have got to be kind to yourself.
“You have got to take one step at a time and be …
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