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Originally Posted by lolagrace
First, I wouldn't put much stock in what people say in regard to an online post. Some people are just jerks and intentionally set out to be jerks online.
Sounds like you have found some medical help for a very debilitating problem for you; be confident in that and don't let the turkeys get you down.
I will correct you to say people absolutely do say they are "against pain meds." There is an entire political issue revolving around the drug war against opioid medications right now which is a major problem for patients with true, chronic pain conditions who legitimately need pain medications but have difficulty getting doctors to treat them because of the political backlash right now.
The reality is, the people in this world who abuse medications make it much more difficult for patients who actually need them through the stigma that becomes attached to those medications (whatever they are for) and through the legislation that gets put in place that impedes doctors from being able to prescribe for their patients.
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I was referring to non-opioid medications. SSRIs are not controlled drugs. They are safe and well studied. Yet many people in society are against SSRIs or sometimes psych medications overall even when it could legitimately help the person, and judge others for taking them, when they themselves never had a mental illness. We never people categorically against Tylenol, Advil and other OTC pain relievers, yet once it's a "mind altering drug", people judge you just because they can't see your pain and never experienced mental pain (everyone experiences physical pain) so they can't relate.