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Depression poem
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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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.
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"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.