It really sickens me how most of society blankets mentally ill people as all the same, all on the edge, all about to go blow a bunch of people away. They don't care (or don't believe) that the meds have the risks they do, and the side effects they do. They'll say, "Yes, you lose your sex drive, but at least you're not washing your hands over and over!" Well, EF me! I would rather wash and enjoy sex, thank you very much. A lot of people think a sex drive isn't important (unless it's theirs). And they don't care if you're a zombie or dysfunctional (in a different way from when you're off meds), as long as it's easier and convenient for them.

Am I saying it's easy to live with us? No. But controlling our mental state by ruining our physical state is wrong, in so many ways. And altering one mental state for another when both are negative is not the answer, either. Our families and loved ones deserve to have breaks...and, lucky them--they can walk away from us! We can't walk away from our disorders, so who's worse off?

They also think that, because we have mental illness, that all of our thinking is wrong (especially if they disagree with us) and it's always influenced by our illnesses. They dismiss our opinions and ideas. They dismiss us.

My body, my decision what goes in it. Yes, I don't eat healthy, but that doesn't give someone the right to give me pills that might harm me in some way, even if it makes me better in another. I'm not (totally) anti-medication, and I am on meds, but I'm not pro-meds, either. And, according to my doctor, some of my problems, such as craving sugar and obesity, are made worse by the meds I'm on.

This is my body. Nobody has the right to control it but me.