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My point is that you're ginning up a scenario in your head that wasn't ever going to happen, and you're doing it so that you can feel bad about things for a little bit because feeling bad is nostalgic. You don't really need loose ideas like that rolling around your head when you're taking these meds. That was your old life.



>My point is that you're ginning up a scenario in your head that wasn't ever going to happen

Do you mean that if I had been able to treat my disorder earlier, nothing would have been different? I don't dwell on it, but to say my academic success would have been wildly different medicated is just wrong.




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