Posted by yxibow on January 9, 2005, at 0:30:09
In reply to Re: tired of meds, posted by Phillipa on January 5, 2005, at 17:04:14
> I am too. I'm in the process of doing exactly what you are doing. Trying to find out who I really am after all these years. Other people with problems don't need meds, they work it out. Are they just stronger? Phillipa
I'll bypass the normal "you" restrictions and say plainly, don't ever think that you are weaker because you need the help of medications. But it does require at least an open mind that the condition you are suffering from is caused by brain neurotransmitter imbalances. A diabetic is not weak because they're injecting themselves with insulin and monitoring glucose levels. That diabetic may be the world's happiest person (besides their diabetes) because they don't have a brain chemical imbalance) but they have an equally hard task to take.
People who appear "stronger" in life are often faking it in one way or another. Maybe they hold it together at work but at home a domestic dispute happens. Or something else.
Strength and hope are values that come from within, not bought on the street corner. So we equally can't compare one mans strength with another's despair. Its something one will find within, not because medications made one less weak, but because medications or therapy or both allowed one to fight something that, as I return to the beginning, is one type or another of a biochemical imbalance beyond ones fault.
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