Do you want to be helped, heard or hugged?

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Yes

I don't want to be epilepsy drugs. Pretty soon they are going to start destroying my body. Side effect of the drugs to treat epilepsy.

Would it better to suffer with the side effect or just blow my brains out and end the suffering

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@HumanEarth Jesus. I don't know how to respond to that. That's horrible.

HumanEarth · F

I don't know either

HumanEarth · F

Its frustrating

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@HumanEarth Well, just know that I feel for you. I don't know what I'd do in that situation, but I sure respect the hell out of the problem.

HumanEarth · F

I felt normal before they treated me with drugs. I just had seizures and couldn't work. The drugs that treat is what doing all the damage. They mess up my way of thinking, confusion & suicide thoughts, liver and kidney damage and much more.

Don't seem worth does it?

JovialMoose · 51-55, M

@HumanEarth Have you tried researching on Reddit?

I tend to find it's a great community to relate to people in your "subgroups"

https://www.reddit.com/r/Epilepsy/comments/102anwo/how_safe_are_epilepsy_meds/

I mean yes... the first comment to this is "it's better than seizures" but the next comment relates to your thoughts...

It depends what you mean by safe.

Most of them have a laundry list of side effects that can change anything from our mood, to weight, and even things like being disoriented. Heavy fatigue is never good either. I don’t know what it does to our organs overtime, but I think about that a lot.

I’d rather take the meds vs. seize, but neither is probably “safe” as both can heavily interfere with regular life.

HumanEarth · F

To be honest, I'm fairly new to the Internet. Believe it or not: I still use old paper encyclopedias sets, I don't even own a cellphone