Side effects and weight gain are the reason I don't take meds today. I know I should but I don't. Maybe one day that will change. I don't know. But I think that there is a point in time where things get so bad that you have to take meds for relief and to be able to keep functioning in daily life. When your quality of life sucks then you've got to decide how to fix it.
No one should ever make fun of you Newtus. You don't deserve that. You'll have to set your boundary with your mom and refuse to put up with that.