Well--I take meds for high blood pressure, high cholesterol (I am much older than you are), low thyroid & pernicious anemia. So, yes I'm sick of taking pills & concerned about some of them in the elderly population (I am now 55) but psychiatric meds have helped me SO MUCH. I am so grateful.

My mother had a severe case of bipolar & back then they didn't have the meds & therapy treatments (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy has enabled me to get off some meds)...

So, yes, it is the pits having conditions that require meds & therapy but if you follow the advice of your mental health provider (in a collaborative relationship where you give your opinion & it is valued as well--even more so than the doc's if you have insight & are stable), you can get a great quality of life. Don't label yourself!

Just take care of the 'disorder" you have to the best of your ability & live life!

Sorry if I have numerous typos--very tired. Back pain--didn't sleep mcuh lst night.

All my best to you...