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Jan 24, 2020, 02:49 AM
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New to this forum. Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I have a pet peeve and have had so for many years. Why do only people with mental illnesses take 'meds', or 'medication' or are 'medicated'? Holywood doesn't help - "they're off their meds!" Venting. I never took meds or medication. Actually, I suspect I was medicated though. Sorry. Venting. Years of not being able to talk to anyone.
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Jan 24, 2020, 09:28 PM
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Very good point. That phrase, "She's off her meds," has been used in film and TV and books and other print so many times we could never count them all. I consider it to be a demeaning, pejorative, unsupportive, negative refrain that labels and stigmatizes and it should be expunged from the lexicon.
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Jan 25, 2020, 04:34 AM
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you make a valid point! and it truly is negative labeling -> "they should be on meds" or "they're off their meds" or "they need to be medicated".....
that's one of the reasons i DON'T tell people about my MIs! and i can say i've been MI-med free for eight years now (multiple reasons, one major reason though) |
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Jan 25, 2020, 05:11 AM
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As a person who has been on meds for a few decades what would you like us to call them? |
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Jan 26, 2020, 03:03 PM
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I'd like them to be called exactly what they are. Prescription medicine, Just like prescription medicine/for thyroid, cholesterol, etc etc etc, People who take cholesterol medicine aren't on meds or are medicated.
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Jan 26, 2020, 09:25 PM
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