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My parents used to be against me taking my meds. Been on them for nearly 9 years now.

I was forced to stop taking them for months due to a shortage last year.

My mother came over one day to find my house absolutely trashed, my mail piled up, my water shut off, I had gained 20 lbs, and all sorts of other "fun" things I was unable to address thanks to my condition.

She no longer encourages me to stop taking my meds.

Meds can be good. They may not be right for everyone, but take them if they help (while working with a qualified medical professional).

Don’t think of it like a weakness or anything like that - it’s brain chemistry (not always, but for most of what we’re talking here, it is). Presently, the only way to change the chemicals in your brain is through medication

Think of it like diabetes. Would you feel that way if you were taking insulin?

Or think of it like chemo. Chemo sucks, cancer is a “game over”

Your title 'quote' is very much like saying to someone, "Just stop obtaining the right vitamins, minerals, and amounts, for your body and brain to function at a better health level. Just be happy with what you started with when you were born."

Fucking nonsense.

-I'm fine bro I'm cured

Proceed to discontinue the medication

-Oh no I'm actually dying

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Who would have guessed?

Jokes apart, I blame society for anxiety, being so fast paced and all.

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#poweroff

I take medication and still panik, help pls

Seriously though, I didn't take any meds the first 25 years of my life. After starting them, it literally changed my life and I wish I had started so much sooner. I would've had such a better life.

Ugh. I hate being dependent on medications, because they cost money and I have to remember to take them, but especially because I can't drink any alcohol while I'm on them. But without them, my brain goes all flibbity-floobity.

There's nothing wrong with relying on medication. I just wanted to state that.

Don't ever randomly stop taking medication. Always consult a doctor first.

Even with medication I am not in a good place right now. But I am glad I don't have the thoughts of hurting myself thanks to the meds.

I stopped taking my meds at one point, won’t make that mistake again. At least not without some other major life changes, but probably not even then.

Bro, just let's smoke a joint. It's natural, you know. Your pills are full of chemicals eww. /s

pd: "full of chemicals" also applies to food. Since natural food is made of antimatter, aparently.

I'm hopeful for the psilocybin therapy bringing fruits in the coming years.

"I stopped taking the medication because they kill all creativity I had and the shitty health system refuses to give me a different one" - one story I've heard so far. I'm not saying it's bad, don't get me wrong, I'm saying every patient is different and they shouldn't be pressed in drawers made by the pharmaceutical industry. Take your meds, if you can.

I'm having to come to terms that I can't function without them. I tried to live off for four years off and it went okay for a short time but it just kept getting worse and worse despite doing everything in my power to not need them whether it was therapy, exercise, eating healthy or anything else

So don't stop taking the medicaments?