I have no issue with being on meds forever. The meds I take have changed and probably will change. I don't have an issue with the idea of being in therapy forever either. Both meds and therapy have been positive for me.

Okay, so the medication did make me gain weight and I'm currently a women's US Size 20, but part of that is my fault for eating like crap. I know the meds increase my appetite/give me cravings and so I give in. And I don't exercise. But my current doc is trying to get me on something weight neutral to deal with that.

My life before getting a diagnosis and before getting treatment wasn't great. My personality, frankly, was off putting to a lot of people, and I hurt a lot of people or treated them badly because I had no filter. No filter and a lot of uncontrolable anger that came from no where.

My life isn't perfect and in some ways it's way better than it was just 3 years ago and in some ways it's worse than it was 3 years ago (major life change happened around that time, I was actually diagnosed with Bipolar disorder about 14 years ago).