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A little bit on medication
10 years ago
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I spent more or less a year being off my pills. I watched everything I had worked for slip away. I have severed ADHD that progresses into depression, anxiety and more. I tried very hard to get by without my medication, to "beat it" but that just didn't happen and my work and customers suffered for it as well. I am not proud of the position I am in, I'm not proud of being so far behind but I am back on my pills and making the effort.
If you need medication it is nothing to be ashamed of and if you are happy with your life while you are on them, do not let others convince you to change just because they don't agree with the use of medication. I have met many people who tell me that they have beaten their issues without medication and without counseling or what ever would be the common course for their problems and I am sure many have. However, being someone who can't do that just through sheer will does not make you weak, it does not make you flawed. If you need your meds then you need them and that is just how it is, I know many wonderful people who are skilled and intelligent who need to be on medication.
If you are anti meds, that's fine. You have the right to find happiness in your own way and if you need your meds, don't be ashamed of the fact you use them because I have also met many people who say they don't need them and they have never beaten their issue as much as they like to think they have. I do not want to play with a handicap personally and I find no shame in doing what I need to do to be my best. When I am my best, I am Mushi Magic the fursuit builder, proud, confident, creative, driven and strong it's all in me it's not the meds they just help. I would rather spend the time I would spend learning to "cope" being at the top of my game and accomplishing things in my life rather than just trying to get by with my issues.
Never be ashamed of who you are if you give it your all and always try to be the best you can. No one can make your future but you!
If you need medication it is nothing to be ashamed of and if you are happy with your life while you are on them, do not let others convince you to change just because they don't agree with the use of medication. I have met many people who tell me that they have beaten their issues without medication and without counseling or what ever would be the common course for their problems and I am sure many have. However, being someone who can't do that just through sheer will does not make you weak, it does not make you flawed. If you need your meds then you need them and that is just how it is, I know many wonderful people who are skilled and intelligent who need to be on medication.
If you are anti meds, that's fine. You have the right to find happiness in your own way and if you need your meds, don't be ashamed of the fact you use them because I have also met many people who say they don't need them and they have never beaten their issue as much as they like to think they have. I do not want to play with a handicap personally and I find no shame in doing what I need to do to be my best. When I am my best, I am Mushi Magic the fursuit builder, proud, confident, creative, driven and strong it's all in me it's not the meds they just help. I would rather spend the time I would spend learning to "cope" being at the top of my game and accomplishing things in my life rather than just trying to get by with my issues.
Never be ashamed of who you are if you give it your all and always try to be the best you can. No one can make your future but you!
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So thank you for the reassurance.
I am on psychiatric medication for Bipolar ie Manic depression and anxiety as well as thyroid medication..
I needed to hear this... I was weak and tired for a while now. Worried about so many things including the medication I was on.
I may want to cry right now but it's not because I feel sad..... No it's because I'm amazed someone could say I'm not weak for being on the medications. Something I have always been afraid to say myself.
I'm glad this journal came to my attention.
THANK YOU.
So hang in there, be who you are and proud of it because meds don't make you another person, everything is inside of you. They just let you access it.
I believe that we should strive to do whatever we can on our own and seek the best health we can manage. Yes, medications in general seem to be often over-prescribed in lieu of other ways to correct a given condition. Nonetheless, there is no "right way", only the way that works best in that moment for a given individual. Why stigmatize a person for recognizing they need help and seeking a solution?
Some think that mood medications mask the "real" you; I think it's just as possible that they can be part of a process to remove barriers and let the real you shine forth. Kudos to you for recognizing a health challenge and taking measures to overcome it!
-Tau
I am also on a bit of medication. The one that is most important keeps me alive. A lot of people don't know that I am bipolar. Without my meds, I am suicidal. I have come to terms with the fact that I will be on this stuff for the rest of my life. I don't like being so dependent on a drug, but I am. This was a great journal and it has helped some people. Thanks for being strong!
And now I understand the reason for you're absence. A very heartfelt journal you have posted here, and I'm glad to see it's helping others.
By all means, do what is right for you. Only you know what it is, and should not be judged by others. I give you kudos for trying to go without meds, but even more so for realizing it wasn't the answer. Keep moving forward!
*big hug*
-hug-
I'm always here if you need to chat/vent/kibitz whatever =)
I wish you good luck plowing through the pile of work that Past Self no doubt left you. Onwards and upwards!