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Scenario

How to navigate body changes from psychiatric medications in friend groups

Three of us in our friend group take mood stabilizers and we've all gained significant weight, but we only talk about it in self-deprecating ways and I think we're actually all struggling more than we let on.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Friends are using humor to deflect genuine distress about medication-related physical changes, preventing real support and problem-solving.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

Peri

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