My SO has a related issue. They were taking depression medication specifically for the side effects. As in, they had a disease and the side effects of the drug were the point of taking it.
Thing was, the actual effect made my SO go nutters for about a year. Because, again, my SO wasn't supposed to take the drug for the effects, but for the side effects.
When my SO, drug free and many years later, finally told this to a therapist, the therapist was aghast that my SO wasn't given therapy to help manage the actual effects too.
It seems so blindingly obvious that if you take drugs that effect your mind that you should also get therapy to monitor that effect. But it wasn't to us for some insane reason.
So, dear HN reader, take these stories to heart:
If you take mind altering drugs, get a therapist for the entire time that you are on that drug.
Thing was, the actual effect made my SO go nutters for about a year. Because, again, my SO wasn't supposed to take the drug for the effects, but for the side effects.
When my SO, drug free and many years later, finally told this to a therapist, the therapist was aghast that my SO wasn't given therapy to help manage the actual effects too.
It seems so blindingly obvious that if you take drugs that effect your mind that you should also get therapy to monitor that effect. But it wasn't to us for some insane reason.
So, dear HN reader, take these stories to heart:
If you take mind altering drugs, get a therapist for the entire time that you are on that drug.