Anti-medication ableism from people always hits me hard - and I rarely expect it to come from the people it does.
"Oh I hate taking medication of any kind"
"I'm XY years old and not taking any Rx medication!"
"Doctors just want to prescribe meds"
"Oh it's fine for you I just don't like them for me"
I've been on various medications most of my life. A few of them are probably the only reason I'm still here. Medications are why my partner can still walk and use their hands. It doesn't make any of us less than someone who isn't taking medication.
I am not here to validate people's misconceptions regarding meds...
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Would I rather not need to be on medication? Absolutely! But that's not the world and body I live in.
I feel like a lot of (generally able-bodied) people associate "taking medication" with "having something wrong with you" but the "having something wrong with you" is there regardless of how (or if) it's being treated. A diagnosis isn't giving someone an illness - it's identifying something that's there already so it can be treated.
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@shockwaver I don't like taking medication but I do anyway. I hated it when I was a kid but was still made to for 10 years before I drew a line and refused to. Then I had the healthiest 10 years of my life after that...before things took a sudden turn. I still resisted medication for another couple of years (in part because it was too expensive but that's another issue).
I did get some "good for you" comments about stopping medication and not taking any for a while. I was teased as a kid. And now in middle age surrounded by mostly older people, I'm occasionally getting things like "everyone is taking something for health problems at this point in life" like there isn't a difference in experience or effects of ableism between people who were medicated in childhood and people who were not.
(also, thanks for reminding me to pick up my prescriptions)
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@theynege nod I don't particularly like it either (though it's better than the alternatives) - the side effects can be rough and it can take a while to find what works and get used to it. Dealing with that no matter the age can be rough - but it's especially hard for kids.
You're right that as people age there becomes a level of expectation that most people are taking something - but it absolutely hits different the younger you are. And I've found the older someone is, if they don't take any Rx meds, the louder they are about being anti-medication. As if their life choices and not taking medication has led them to be "healthier" at their age when it's mostly a matter of luck (And/or avoidance)
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@shockwaver yup, ableism is convenient to people until they're disabled. Bragging about good health as one ages is a confession of eugenic beliefs.
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