We are not sick, we have mind that evolved for purposes that are a lot less useful in the present. Meds allow us to tone down our tendencies, to be able to cope better in current societies.
If your meds are zombifying you, dosage or medication are not right. Ideally I’d shoot for baseline plus a small amount of ADD
They didn’t say zombifying. All the side effects they listed can still occur when you have found the effective dosage.
Also, “sick” when it comes to mental health is pretty much always measured against the cultural norm. That is why nuerodivergent is a better word. Cause it is divergent from the current norm. Even if that norm isn’t actually the average.
Neurodivergent is also a word I dislike. Neurodivergent literally means that your brain has strayed.
No, I’m not divergent. I have a certain type of traits.
This is intertwined with “Neurotypical” . There is no such thing. I have a professional relationship with one of Europe’s foremost Psychiatrists. Talking about this, he told me that the concept of the “normal”, i.e. well adjusted, reasonable, even-keel person may be applicable to maybe 20% of the population. Everyone else has some form of mental issue, often undiagnosed.
Cultural norm is the term I used. That means perceived norm by a given culture. That is what we are divergent from. It is at least accurate in what it communicates. Most every other term is like sick. It specifically implies bad. Nuerodivergent is at least nuetral.
We are not sick, we have mind that evolved for purposes that are a lot less useful in the present. Meds allow us to tone down our tendencies, to be able to cope better in current societies.
If your meds are zombifying you, dosage or medication are not right. Ideally I’d shoot for baseline plus a small amount of ADD
I’d be lost without medication. With it, my productivity = 3 people. Without = paperweight.
They didn’t say zombifying. All the side effects they listed can still occur when you have found the effective dosage.
Also, “sick” when it comes to mental health is pretty much always measured against the cultural norm. That is why nuerodivergent is a better word. Cause it is divergent from the current norm. Even if that norm isn’t actually the average.
Neurodivergent is also a word I dislike. Neurodivergent literally means that your brain has strayed.
No, I’m not divergent. I have a certain type of traits.
This is intertwined with “Neurotypical” . There is no such thing. I have a professional relationship with one of Europe’s foremost Psychiatrists. Talking about this, he told me that the concept of the “normal”, i.e. well adjusted, reasonable, even-keel person may be applicable to maybe 20% of the population. Everyone else has some form of mental issue, often undiagnosed.
Cultural norm is the term I used. That means perceived norm by a given culture. That is what we are divergent from. It is at least accurate in what it communicates. Most every other term is like sick. It specifically implies bad. Nuerodivergent is at least nuetral.