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It was a long process re my view of medication @davidharper_bal 

My first experience was antidepressants at 15. The side effects were dreadful. It continued to be a damned if you do damned if you don't situation for many, many years. There has been improvement in antidepressants I think. When I was diagnosed Bipolar I had similarly awful experiences with a mood stabiliser and anti psychotics. I feel for you @greenpea 

I am fortunate to have a really good team of health professionals, including a psychiatrist who has worked with me to get the medication side as good as possible. This wasn't the case with prior specialists who frankly seemed to have a one size fits all, too bad about the side effects approach.

I try to be philosophical about the pros and cons, and grateful that I have access to such a good psychiatrist, psychologist and gp.