Before I found the med I'm on now I tried several and they made me sicker so I decided not to take meds for a long while. I got absolutely no understanding from the depression community. Either people said it was so GOOD I could manage without meds and they were envious (I didn't manage, I didn't eat and I never went outside and I had no idea what day it was), or they said meds do help and I just needed to try harder (I usually gave meds a few months unless the side effects were dangerous, but they still didn't help and made me sicker), when I said I can't stand BOTH mental illness AND side effects and no relief from illness people were like HUH??

Unfortunately people with ASD are often ridiculously sensitive to meds. I know I am. Docs seem not to understand this yet.