IsabellaLinton wrote:
Meds only affect the conductivity of neurotrasmitters, whether that's necessary or not. They might make matters worse for some people, whether they're autistic or not.
I was one of those people.
And it was NOT fun.
The high priced psychiatrists diagnosed me as bipolar for a good 20 years and things just kept getting worse while in the meds.
Then about a decade back someone finally had the initiative to search a little bit more.
And said I am autistic, not bipolar, here's why ...
I continued the bipolar meds for about a year.
Then said, "Umm, WHY?"
Stopped cold turkey.
And within a few months both my life and my mind got so much more stable and less chaotic.
Fascinating, as that sci-fi guy with the famous ears might say.
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