Posted by pegasus on March 15, 2005, at 17:14:12
In reply to accepting the wrong me, posted by B2chica on March 15, 2005, at 10:18:33
Just to put in another perspective here, I take ADs, and I struggled at first with the ideas that you desribe as well. But actually, the way it has turned out for me, I think the meds actually liberated me to be *more* myself than I could be without them. I definitely don't feel stifled now, or less creative, or dampened in any way. Just the opposite. I have a lot more enjoyment of everything, and am more open to more possibilities in my life. I feel like before meds (and therapy) was when I was dampened.
I don't have a different personality now . . . it's just a more free version of the one I always had. I still love the same things, and have intense curiosities, and enthusiasms. But now I have more room for those positives than I ever did before.
I just wanted to throw out that it might actually work the opposite way from what you're afraid of. Whatever you end up deciding, I really wish the best for you, and hope that you have much better times to come. If you do try the meds, I hope it works out for you the way it did for me. I know it doesn't for everyone.
pegasus
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