Recently my friend blogged:
"So in a conversation, an interesting idea was brought up. Why do we as a society try to do our best to cure heart, kidney, liver and other organ diseases without any reservation but when it comes to trying to improve the health of the brain through medicinal approaches, we decide to have this weird look on our face and cast down judgments even if they are unspoken?"
I'm on anti-depressants but never considered myself a depressed person. Compared to my friends who are known for being visibly depressed and people with worse problems and dealt a harsher lot in life, I laughed at my doctor when he brought it up. I originally went through the gauntlet of testing for ADD, which I was diagnosed with as a kid. So I got mix of both and a cocktail of medication.
While I embrace anything that will help me get the job done (and apparently so do 20% of the scientific research community although their actually illegally brain doping) there are people quick to attack the "realness" of your afflictions. Theres a positive difference between being medicated versus not being medicated! Why do you have to look down on it?
Anyways, it seems to add to the whole mystique of living this fast paced life.
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