Thank you as an adult with lifelong severe combined type I was sick of the myths as a teenager and as I near 30 I’m angry. My parents weren’t told “hey, her memory is possibly gonna suck and she’s gonna probably need some extra coaching on emotional regulation, especially at a young age.” Instead I got yelled at for crying over small things and told that I have meds so I should be perfectly normal.

Meanwhile now at my age I have to fight against doctors regularly to maintain my prescription and I have to phrase shit so as to not sound desperate for my “function as an adult” pills that let me do things like drive, maintain employment, and stay off my wife’s nerves