Posted by Daky on August 1, 2007, at 19:19:30
In reply to The realization that I really do need meds., posted by Nathan_Arizona on July 23, 2007, at 17:26:59
Nathan, I understand how you feel, having stuggled with the medication issue for years. At this point, I have made peace with it and have decided that I'd rather live a full life on meds than half a life without them. And as Phillipa mentioned, we are lucky to find meds that work. Some people have to really try several to find relief.
Would you feel the same way if you were diabetic and needed to take insulin daily? Probably not, because there's no stigma attached to that. Yet, with mental illness, we somehow feel we should be strong enough or do more to fight it. I think that it's biochemical and it's genetic (at least for me) and we are "wired" differently. It's an illness and there are meds for it. Where is the weakness in that?
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