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Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity

A home for discussion of neurodiversity, both as an innate reality and an activist mindset.

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Posted byMlinin/neurodiversity-Jul 04, 2016 at 9:49 PMΔ

Depression poem

  • mood disorders
  • thoughts
I feel like I have failed at life  
Every time I take the medication  
That is supposed to prevent me from  
Feeling like I have failed at life.
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  • [deleted]Jul 04, 2016 at 10:51 PMDeletedΔ

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    • MlinJul 05, 2016 at 12:12 AMΔ

      I'm fine; thanks for the offer! I have good family and friends, and a supportive boss. Is all mostly good; I have minor family drama (we've acquired an extra teenager for a few weeks while her mom is couch-surfing trying to find a new home for them) and, well, the issue covered in the poem.

      I have a rather fraught relationship with my meds; I'm not sure whether I dislike the side effects more than the effects of not taking them. I gather that not-taking-them is harder on everyone else in the house so I try to keep up with them.

      • [deleted]Jul 05, 2016 at 12:19 AMDeletedΔ

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      • MlinJul 05, 2016 at 9:40 AM

        "Responsibility not to show symptoms," bah. If you had diabetes, would they tell you to get over it and conquer the symptoms with willpower?

        Depression is caused by a chemical imbalance. Unlike diabetes, we haven't studied it enough to know how to specifically counter that imbalance - but that was the case with diabetes a few decades ago.

        I'm not pushing people to get meds; I dodged them for years, and as I said, I'm still not fully content with them. (They also have side effects that I don't like. Kinda makes me feel like I'm living wrapped in cotton.) But they do change how I feel and think, in ways I can't get from regulating my diet or adjusting my activity levels.

Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity

A home for discussion of neurodiversity, both as an innate reality and an activist mindset.

1104 members
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