if you don't understand why people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders & bipolar sometimes don't want to take meds or stop taking meds and you're not one us:
please understand that our medications are destroying our bodies. please understand our medications are not safe, they come with very serious side effects. please understand our medications alter our personalities, our emotions, the very core of who we are.
being on these medications is a difficult decision. yes our disorders can be very serious and life altering, they are not easy to live with. some of us decide that these side effects are worth it, that living with fewer symptoms is worth it, but not everyone has the same priorities. not everyone has the same view of their condition either.
it's easy to look at us and say "well if I had your disorder I would choose medication any day" but it's so much harder when you are actually the one being poisoned by a drug that might save your life in the short term but also could kill you in the process. it's so much harder when you are the one who feels like a zombie, who has had every spark of joy scooped out of them in favor of controlling psychosis, mania, etc. it's easy to judge when you don't have to live the life you're deciding we must.
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