[Miss Absynthe]

Originally Posted by Versus

No, it's not. It's fucking stupid to let somebody who just started medication deploy.

^^This.

And not only for the sake of the people around them, but for their own sake as well.

It's hard work to start taking meds. There are horrible side effects to deal with, and it takes a long time to get the right medication for someone.

For instance, you might start on something common and then have to wait for a few weeks to see if it works.. and it doesn't, so you up the dose and then have to wait.. and it still doesn't work, so the dosage is increased again.. until they decide that this isn't the medication for you. Then you get to slowly wean yourself off it over a number of weeks and start a new medication.. which means trying to find the right dose again.

During all this you have to deal with the side effects.. so, let's say that you're getting a relatively common and easy to deal with side effect like headaches. It might take a couple of weeks for your body to adjust so that you don't get the headaches anymore (IF that happens.. for some people they just don't adjust) and by the time you're at the stage where you aren't getting headaches it's come time to adjust your dose.. so yay, more headaches.

Now, if you're working in retail then a constant headache is going to make you snarky with customers.. which isn't great. If you're in the armed forces, then... get where this is going?

And that's just headaches. You can also get stomach issues, chronic diarrheoa, vomiting and nausea, suicidal ideation.. and the list goes on.

And that isn't even touching on what happens when you're trying to decrease doses.

Starting on medication is hard work, and you need safe spaces to be able to do it.

@Versus - I hope shit works out for you.