Me and My Meds is a new Bustle series exploring the way millennials relate to their mental health medications — the good, the bad, the ambivalent. When I was 10, I was diagnosed both with Asperger's ...

Medications, along with psychotherapy, healthy activities, and other interventions, can make a lot of people feel better. This is obviously a good thing, but after some time can set up an important ...

I went off my meds to be more spiritual. There I said it. Well ok – let me qualify that. I reduced my meds because I believed I would have more access to my spirituality and spiritual gifts. Now, I ...

When Helen Rogers was at her heaviest, she was miserable and would often not leave her house for days on end. The 56-year-old was 20st 8.5lbs, battling type 2 diabetes and says she had dieted for her ...

I am a 68-year-old female who was diagnosed with high blood pressure at 32. I am 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weigh 130 pounds. I’ve been taking 240 mg of verapamil for all of these years. A few years ...