Medication is not weakness: My medication journey
"There's no right or wrong way to manage your mental illness. You are not less of a person for needing medication or having to go to therapy multiple times a week. If something helps your mental health, take the time to do it, don't stop, no matter what other people think." Hayley Lyvers It may seem that being medicated means that you're weak because you cannot cope. Whilst this can still be true, you cannot cope so you are medicated, it doesn't mean you're weak. It's understandable why many of us feel weak because we are having to use drugs to aid us in life, but it's not true. We take medication to enable us to get through life, to get through the day like someone without mental health and that is absolutely fine. I have often struggled with the stigma of mental health medication and have found it a personal battle to get over the fact that I am medicated. I have been through extremely high doses for my age to lower dosages t