Medication: Friend or Foe?

Jen Gotch is OK...Sometimes

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

I get asked a fair bit about my experience with my meds, a.k.a. psychiatric medication, so i wanted to share more about it with you. Hopefully, my story can help some of you figure out if this is something you want to pursue—or even help you if you've already started to pursue it, but are wondering if you're “doing it right.” Going on medication for a mental health issue is a big step and a huge responsibility. I want to use this episode to give you insight and know-how to help get to the right medication faster (with your doc). Plus, for anyone who wants to understand what being on meds—and figuring that out—is really like, this should help. So, whether you're curious for you or just trying to understand a loved one better, there's something important here. Oh, and the after-show is a compilation of some of my favorite voicemails my dad has left me over the past year. Too good to miss!

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0:00.0	Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, we don't have to start like that, okay, what up? No, no, that's not. Well, hello, so I get asked.
0:17.0	Well, hello. So I get asked a fair bit about my experience with my meds,
0:26.5	aka psychiatric medication and obviously, well I think it's obvious, I'm not a doctor,
0:32.1	but I am a patient who has been to a lot of doctors
0:35.6	that said I wanted to share my journey with you because yep you guessed it I thought it would help
0:40.8	you going on medication for a mental health issue
0:44.3	is a big step and a huge responsibility.
0:47.0	And oftentimes, it's still a bit of a guessing game
0:49.6	for your psychiatrist when it comes
0:51.1	to getting your medication right.
0:53.0	If you're planning on engaging with a doctor to get this kind of help,
0:56.0	I'll first urge you to listen to my
0:58.0	How to Feel Better Now episode before going on medication
1:01.0	because it will help you build some skills and gain some insight.
1:05.0	Definitely don't want to scare you off the idea, just want to set you up for success
1:09.0	and give you insight and know-how which I didn't have and as you will hear that made it much harder for me to find
1:14.4	the right medicine.
1:17.0	So as you know if you know if you've listened to this podcast or especially if
1:27.9	you're following me on Instagram which why aren't you following me it makes the
1:31.6	podcast so much more fun at Jen Gotch. It's easy.
1:36.4	Not even a hard one to figure out. Come along, won't you? Come along for a trash dance and some sex hair.
1:44.0	Anyways, what I was going to say is,
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