I'm with Emma. I've never been a very social person, and I was probably more social as a kid before I was put on medicine (also as a kid). I'm not anti-med, but I don't think anyone should go on it except as a last resort. It can change you, and I don't mean it controls your mind, but it alters a lot of things in your body, and some of those things can be permanent, even if you go off the meds. It's different for everyone, and it helps some people, which is one reason I'm not anti-med, but I just think it should not be a first resort.

No offense to your mom and aunt, but they sound like they're buying into the social view of meds, whether physical or mental, that they fix what's wrong with you, simple as that. They have no idea what these needs would do for you. They might even make you less social.

Why do people think everybody has to fit their idea of "normal"? Not everybody has to be social. Some people aren't, and want to be. There are things they can try, including meds. Some people aren't, and don't want to be. To each his own.