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Scenario

How to discuss psychiatric medication realities with unsympathetic roommates

My roommate doesn't understand why I'm always nauseous and tired from my mood stabilizers, and I can tell she thinks I'm being dramatic about side effects when from her perspective I should just be grateful the medication works.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Living situations become tense when psychiatric medication side effects are visible but not understood, creating judgment and isolation around necessary treatment.

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Dipa
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mental health medications and the body?”

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