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Originally Posted by krisakira
When I was in high school and had panic disorder, I took a med called Zoloft to help with the panic attacks. I have had people tell me I can't be on the med forever, and that I should deal with it without the meds, etc. Yet when I tried to go off them, and I had a panic attack as the result, they would say things like "How could you let this happen again?" Clearly they were not understanding the role of my medication. I just put it off as them being ignorant and have let it go now.
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It is
willful ignorance. IMO there is a difference. I am thinking that it has some kind of stigma attached to it, either with me being BP, or the taking of my medication for it.
I will say due to this discussion, I am understanding better those who stay off of meds altogether. And if their life still works for them (most of the time), why not? There is allot of evidence, like side effects, that can be found to support their position. But being off of meds does not work for me. I found that out the hard way. OMG did I! And based on my experiences I think others like my friends should be able to understand why. But they willfully do not want to understand. This is what irks me!