I’ve come across your page! I’ve heard so many similar stories. I was “fortunate” not to really have any major relationships as an adult, likely due to the numbing. But as soon as I started operating halfway normally without them, a relationship appeared. It didn’t last long, but it he was so important because it dawned on me that I was capable of caring for another person. I go into greater detail in my book that’s coming out in a few weeks, MAY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS, but that first relationship post-drugs was a powerful healing tool in itself.
It’s not about exoneration in my mind. It’s natural to want to blame a single entity, to be able tie a neat bow around one instance and say, “Here is the source of my suffering!” But the reality is there were 1000 small decisions, made by many people, that contributed to the mess. I played a role, every doctor played a role, my mother played a role. Had any one of us truly understood the consequences I’m not sure we would have made the same choice. And I think that’s true for the doctors as well (excepting Ladyfreud who I think was a fraud, at best.) But we didn’t know what we didn’t know. The lesson is in learning to adjust course when new information comes in.
I hope it breaks out. I also wrote a piece for the New York Post that hit a lot of eyeballs, so fingers crossed.
https://nypost.com/2022/08/27/why-we-should-stop-casually-prescribing-antidepressants-to-teens/
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I’ve come across your page! I’ve heard so many similar stories. I was “fortunate” not to really have any major relationships as an adult, likely due to the numbing. But as soon as I started operating halfway normally without them, a relationship appeared. It didn’t last long, but it he was so important because it dawned on me that I was capable of caring for another person. I go into greater detail in my book that’s coming out in a few weeks, MAY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS, but that first relationship post-drugs was a powerful healing tool in itself.
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It’s not about exoneration in my mind. It’s natural to want to blame a single entity, to be able tie a neat bow around one instance and say, “Here is the source of my suffering!” But the reality is there were 1000 small decisions, made by many people, that contributed to the mess. I played a role, every doctor played a role, my mother played a role. Had any one of us truly understood the consequences I’m not sure we would have made the same choice. And I think that’s true for the doctors as well (excepting Ladyfreud who I think was a fraud, at best.) But we didn’t know what we didn’t know. The lesson is in learning to adjust course when new information comes in.
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