Sometimes I feel like such a burden to "the system"...it feels like I can't possibly need to take all these drugs that cost my insurance pool thousands of dollars a year!

I have to keep reminding myself that I DO need them, or I am going to have one miserable life.

(It also would be a lot more expensive to others if I did not take meds, as I wouldn't be able to hold down a job and someone else would end up paying for me. But I try not to focus on those economic "justifications" for taking care of myself...)

If side effects are really getting you down, ask your psychiatrist if there are other meds that might work for you.