Posted by SLS on December 22, 2011, at 0:06:05
In reply to Re: views on tx for MI, meds....wow, posted by Christ_empowered on December 21, 2011, at 21:35:59
> Lots of anti-meds people make it seem as if those of us on meds are using them as a crutch or something. Like we're "weaklings." I was talking to an acquaintance who knows I have bipolar I, but not a whole lot of details. He said that my bipolar is only "as bad as I let it be," or something ridiculous like that. He also said that he had problems, too, but didn't have the benefits of Rx drugs. I was beyond pissed.
That sucks. It was probably futile to attempt to enlighten this individual. Ignorance was supposed to be abolished with the education of the public during the "decade of the brain" (1990s). Obviously, it didn't work.
I often introduce my illness to people by stating that I have a neurological disorder that causes me to have low energy and slow thoughts, and that it even causes me to feel depressed. This usually has the desired effect. I used to go out of my way to educate people. I became a sort of activist who wanted to combat ignorance and stigma. I was, for the most part, successful. I am not as motivated to engage people now. I have less energy to work with, so I am more selective in choosing whom to invest it in.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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