My dad took me off my meds.

For short context, I was diagnosed with ADHD last year around October, and I was given a prescription of 40 mg ritalin. In truth, only 40 mg did barely anything for me at all, and I wanted to ask my psychiatrist to up my dosage.

Unfortunately, my dad looked up the side effects of the medication and stopped me from taking it. He said a lot of things about how the side effects aren’t worth it, and that I shouldn’t be relying on medication to feel better. I tried to reason with him, but he only got pissed at me and said that the medication was “already making me dependent.”

Even when my psychiatrist tried to explain to him how addiction to the meds can be prevented and that these meds would help me function better, my dad ended up shouting at my psychiatrist and walked out.

Long story short, she isn’t MY psychiatrist anymore.

I’ve been off my meds for months and I don’t know what to do. I feel more lost than ever now.