as small as a world and as large as alone

2:36pm October 3, 2014

madeofpatterns:

matesprit:

apersnicketylemon:

People with ADHD do not become zombies, sheep or any combination of the two on medication. We really don’t. STOP fearmongering the medication that helps us function and stop refusing to treat children just because some fool on the internet with no medical background said it would turn your kid into a zombie.

but at the same time please do not shame people like me that feel like ADHD medication takes away from our personalities and makes us feel bad because not everyone reacts to medication the same way and for a lot of people it may not help and at the end of the day it should be the choice of the person with ADHD whether or not to pursue medication. the decision shouldn’t be made by an asshole on the internet or parents or people who are “just trying to help” and should be made by the person who lives ADHD because ultimately they’re the only ones who’ll know whether or not it’s helping them. please respect children with disabilities and allow them to make their own decisions.

both of these.

*insert name of every other psychiatric medication here*

And don't ever tell me what words I can use to describe what neuroleptics did to my mind, both temporarily and permanently.  I once got into a lonnnng argument with a guy who got mad at me for describing them as “brain-damaging drugs” even though I have the tardive dyskinesia to prove it.  He thought I was insulting everyone who chose to use them and that brain damage was an insult and that nobody should ever use the term brain damage.  Hello I’m brain damaged and I have no trouble saying the words brain damage.  If you don’t want to be called that, fine, especially if (as this guy didn’t) you don’t actually have brain damage at all in the first place.  But lots of us who do have it (from meds or from other things) have no trouble calling it what it is without any frigging euphemisms.

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