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When Side Effects Feel Worse Than the Symptoms

I feel like I have to choose between taking medication that makes me gain weight and feel flat or risking another breakdown.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The trade-off between symptom management and quality of life creates an impossible choice between different forms of suffering.

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