“For me, mental health is not medical. Reducing my mental health to what’s happening with my brain chemistry doesn’t really help me. Mental health is about doing what feels alive rather than maintaining my brain chemistry.” To read more of the article, Mental Illness Cannot Be Treated with Just a Pill,” click on photo. Photo … More Mental Health is About What Makes You Feel Alive
“Medications can be essential to clear our minds or to bring our minds out of a very dark and hopeless place. But mental health is more than taking the right kind of pills.” To read more of the article, Mental Illness Cannot Be Treated with Just a Pill,” click on photo. Photo by emma.kate
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“Mental health is not about a pill. It is about what happens in the rest of my life.” To read more of the article, Mental Illness Cannot Be Treated with Just a Pill,” click on photo. Photo by emma.kate
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Antidepressants are skills, not just pills ____ Three years ago, I was diagnosed with ADHD. When I was diagnosed with ADHD, I was in the midst of a deep depression accompanied by crushing anxiety and even panic attacks. As my depression slowly subsided and my anxiety calmed, what remained was a question. Medications can be essential … More Mental Illness Cannot be Treated With Just a Pill
Your ADHD gives you something that no one else has: a mental Swiss Army Knife! ___ ADHD: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Why is it that ADHD is defined by deficits rather than strengths? (For a more clinical discussion of ADHD, including diagnostic symptoms, please refer to this Healthline article.) As someone who is learning to … More 10 Reasons ADHD is an Advantage, Not a Deficit
ADHD is not a deficit disorder. It is a distinction driver. ___ Why is it that ADHD is defined by deficits rather than strengths? The current definition for ADHD is Attention DEFICIT Hyperactivity DISORDER. It is time to own and declare our many strengths because people with ADHD are like a Swiss Army Knife: … More 10 Reasons ADHD is an Advantage, Not a Deficit
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