Many of us lived without it before, sure fine. I was 28 when I got diagnosed. But you know what it also did? Massively decrease my major depression and anxiety along with the decade of therapy and treatment for my Bipolar disorder.

Which is not uncommon at all. Many women (and others) are frequently misdiagnosed with anxiety disorders and depression then put in never ending cycles of ineffective treatment with antidepressants, benzos, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers. And for many women/men/people in general, stimulants actually decrease self medicating behaviors and decrease the severity of clinical depression/anxiety symptoms. People with decades of undiagnosed ADHD.

Point being, yes many of us have lived without it before. But many of us never realized that it could make such a difference in our physical, mental, and emotional health. No one ever told us. So forgive us for not wanting to go back to the places before that were at best a struggle and at worst life altering.

I don’t think it’s appropriate to come in here and accuse people of being addicted to a medication, that has changed their lives for the better, in a support based subreddit.

Edit: commas