WHY MEDS WORK AND WHY ITS NORMAL TO BE HESITANT TO TAKE THEM AT FIRST: A thread 🧵(slightly long read so bear with me)
Today was the 1st group meeting of the sem! I usually have silent panic attacks every meeting & mask it by staying silent since everyone in my group sounds so smart & they know what they're doing as opposed to me who's not been able to generate a single dataset in the last year +
I was diagnosed with anxiety & depression a couple of months ago - I was really really scared to take meds since I couldn't believe I wasn't strong enough to produce the chemicals I needed. It took a great deal of persuading from my psychiatrist to start them and cut to today, +
I was able to follow my wonderful labmate's presentation & even ask (albeit dumb) questions to both her & my advisor. All this because I took my meds 30 mins before the meeting. I suffer inside my head everyday & the meds are providing with atleast a little bit of relief. +
All this doesn't mean that tonight will be easy or that I won't have panic attacks but I just want it to be bearable inside my head even for a few mins. Be kind to people you meet, appearances can be deceptive. I look very cheerful on most days & I can fool even my best friends😬
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