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How Each Psychiatric Medication I Have Taken Has Affected Me
I quit each and every one of them.
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Starting at roughly the age of 10, I first entered the mental health industrial complex, which eventually entailed trials of several different psychiatric medications. Soon, I started to envy people, such as my dad and some of my friends, who were able to stick to one psychiatrist for years and quickly find regimens that acted somewhat like magical silver bullets. One friend, who is turning 24 later this year, has been on the same medication (Ritalin) with the same psychiatrist since the age of six! If only I could be that lucky…
Lexapro
This was my first psychiatric medication. I had gone to my GP for what to me at the time, seemed like worsening memory problems, who in turn referred me to a neurologist. After the neurologist conducted some basic tests, she concluded that I was not only “too smart for autism”, but that I ought to try out an antidepressant. She recommended that I start with half of the lowest dose available and titrate up from there. I was somewhat familiar with this drug given that my mom had taken it for a while and a bandmate had just started it. The first day I took it, I immediately noticed that I had trouble…
