I really wish some people on here and in real life would stop telling others "GO TAKE YOUR MEDS!" just because they don't agree with something someone else is saying. So here's a mini education lesson for the ignorant, insulting, and disrespectful.

First off, if someone doesn't agree with you, that does not AUTOMATICALLY make them "crazy" or stupid. People are going to have different opinions. Retorting to telling others to take their meds during a debate, discussion, etc., is not productive, nor actually debating. To me, that means they actually don't have anything beneficial, factual, or good to say. Just because someone has a different opinion than you does not automatically mean they're on meds. This also goes for saying certain politicians should take their meds as well.

At the same token, people who are actually on medication doesn't AUTOMATICALLY make them "crazy" or stupid. Saying something like that is extremely insulting and disrespectful to people who are actually on medication for mental health issues, like myself.

I am on two medications for various mental health issues (depression, anxiety, and PTSD). I have been on them for 9 months now. When I'm NOT on my meds or have NOT taken them, I'm still coherent. I just have bad anxiety, depression, and other symptoms that have NOTHING to do with stupidity or "craziness."

I'm not a snowflake. I'm a person who is an advocate for the millions of people who have mental illness. When people say things like this, they are feeding into the stigma associated with mental illness and they are PART OF THE PROBLEM attached to the stigmas.

Luckily, all the people in my life (family and friends) who tell me to take my meds are saying that because they care about me and want me to be healthy.