Posted by grapebubblegum on June 28, 2001, at 13:24:42
In reply to Re: Stigma: it will just never go away, will it? » grapebubblegum, posted by Lorraine on June 28, 2001, at 10:45:23
I'm not sure what FMS is.
Anyway, I forgot to add the most important point, the punch line: at the bottom of the poster in smaller print was "Presented by the makers of Topamax."
Which I found ironic because they are presumably putting in a plug for their product while proclaiming how different epilepsy (the condition presumably treated with their product) is from "mental diseases," yet my son takes the very same medication, Topamax, for a "mental disease." My mother, being an educator in the field of early childhood education a few credits short of a Ph.D., and obviously a grandmother as well, has had some trouble with a diagnosis of a "mental disease" in her grandchild. But she is starting to come around and see that we are all looking out for his quality of life, and labels should not be so scary or upsetting, but regarded merely as tools that may possibly help.
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