#medication stigma

[psychotic-psypport]

Hi! Hope you’re well. I wanted your opinion on something. So I’m on the psychotic spectrum and I recently went to a new doctor for psychosis and found out I actually check a lot of the boxes for major depressive disorder as well. They want to put me on 2 medications for it ,which I believe can help me, but I’m already on 2 medications for psychosis and I feel like that might be too much. I’m torn. On one side I think it can help but on another I think I’m on too many meds. And there’s so much stigma around antidepressants that it gets to me… I don’t really know what to think

Hi!

Medication is a very personal decision for everyone and it really depends on you, but from my perspective, I am personally on a good number of meds myself and I'm currently living my best and happiest life.

I've got clozapine, lithium, prozac, wellbutrin, propranolol, buspar, a couple different sleep aids, and some birth control to help with period cramps. Its a lot of meds to take every day, but its the right decision for me and my life.

In regards to the stigma, there is absolutely nothing wrong with correcting a chemical imbalance in your brain. That's medicine, treating the part of you that is sick. You dont ever have to be ashamed of taking the measures you need to in order to get well and be healthy.

If you choose to move forward with the new medication, please remember to keep your medical team aware of whatever is going on and if something feels wrong.

If you decide not to, it should be because of what you feel is right for you, not because of the opinions of others or the stigma we face as mentally ill people.

Whatever you do, good luck and I believe in you!

[leighcalaoruem]

You’re Not Weak for Taking Medication. You’re Human.

No one really prepares you for the quiet shame that can come with choosing mental health medication. Not because it doesn’t help, but because of the fear of judgment that follows.

Mental illness stigma rarely looks like cruelty. More often, it shows up as silence. Awkward pauses. The unspoken question of whether you’re “too much” or “not strong enough” for needing help.

Taking medication for your mental health is not a failure. It is a response to real symptoms, real stress, and real biology.

Many of us were taught that strength means pushing through. That if we’re still functioning, we shouldn’t ask for more support. But endurance without relief leads to burnout, not healing.

Medication doesn’t erase who you are. It creates space for you to function, cope, and breathe again. According to the World Health Organization, stigma remains one of the biggest reasons people avoid mental health treatment. That fear keeps people suffering quietly.

If you’ve ever hidden a prescription, avoided the topic, or felt ashamed for needing help, this is your reminder: You don’t owe anyone an explanation for taking care of yourself.

Healing doesn’t need permission. It needs compassion.

If this resonates, reblog it, save it, or share it with someone who needs reassurance today.

Read the full blog: Why Taking Medication for Your Mental Health Is Not a Failure

Let’s make space for honesty instead of shame.

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[undead-moth]

I told my mom I was finally put on an adhd medication today even though I wasn’t going to but I was like hey I’ll give my anti-medication mom the opportunity to witness meds doing a positive thing.

Anyway she got real nervous because she worries about AddictionTM and then said “I guess I just never thought you had adhd,” and I said to her, “well it doesn’t look the same in everyone but you know I’ve been evaluated right? I’ve been diagnosed?” (Not to imply anything about self-diagnosis here this is just how I reason with my mom.)

To be clear my mom was involved in my evaluation. There were surveys she was asked to fill out about my childhood, so she knows I was evaluated and she knows exactly why I was evaluated.

Even still, then she says to me “You know - I don’t think your aunt had schizophrenia before she went on her medication for it.”

And I was just like? I’m sorry??? You???? Believe????? My aunt’s medication????? CAUSED her schizophrenia?????

[91vaults]

It’s interesting to me that people veiw using stimulants (without diagnosis) in an academic setting as “cheating” The thing is is that there’s no “merit” that exists inside a vacuum “raw intelligence” aside the people who do better will be the ones that can fit exercise, a decent diet, sleep into their time will do better, those who can afford tutors will do better and those whose circumstances are stable and don’t have to deal with all kinds of things (disability, oppressed etc ) are posed to do better. And all that aside stimulants probably aren’t going to do as much for somone as they think they will (it could very much make things worse) Misusing prescription medication for this purpose shits me to no end because it creates shortages, contributes to stigma and makes it a pain in the ass for the rest of us (like good luck me trying to move interstate if I wanted too). And i don’t think it’s good to normalise it and make people think they have to go to those lengths for fear of being left behind. But no, I don’t think it’s cheating and i don’t think it’s helpful to frame it that way

[void-tiger]

Therapist: if you’re diagnosed (and you prolly will be; regardless you’re clearly neurodivergant) adhd drugs could really help you feel better

My brain: haha bad little boy drug go brrrr