May 6th, 2026: 12:48 PM
I am currently on my ADHD medication journey. There’s a lot of stigma around mental health medications and to this day, I’ve observed how much ignorance there is around it. As well as unwanted opinions from others who do not go through the same struggles with mental illness like we do.
My opinion of medication is that it saved my life.
I tried everything before going on antidepressants such as therapy multiple times a week, working on coping skills, using those skills but it only helped so much, you know? As much as I didn’t want to start going down the path of trying different medications (doubt and fear sinking in me due to the ignorance around the topic) I knew deep down, I needed extra support. After all, I was a teenager, a child.
I don’t regret my decision to commence medication. I really don’t. As frustrating as it’s been at times, anger surfacing from providers who don’t take individuals with multiple mental health issues (which is a whole other story), being on antidepressants, the medication itself, has helped me get to this point of life. I’m soon to be 26.
Before taking medication, I thought I would be lucky if I made it to 18.
But I did and I am beyond grateful for it. Taking medication has been an essential, a tool, to assist me through the waves of life. Yes, some didn’t work for me, however, I did eventually find ones that did.
I’m still in the process of finding the right combination of meds but now that I know I’m auDHD and OCD, I feel I’m on the right track to finding what will help me the most. So far, the dose I’m on with the ADHD medication I am trying out right now, has helped me a ton to regain some focus to do the things I love again.
Something I thought I lost forever.
Being on medication for years has slowly given me hope that I’m going to be okay.
There is no shame to be on them, to need them. Why? We don’t have to carry all the weight of what’s going on in our brains. It’s okay to choose its assistance, at the end of the day we know ourselves the best.
Let me reassure you of this:
Your strength doesn’t diminish just because you need help. If anything, you deciding you might need medication and reaching out, only increases it.
To those who have, past or present, I see you and I understand.
Keep going, friends <3
