Scale Wars: picture of our scale with my daily med box. Shows my weight gain as a side effect. The Zyprexa, I gained 70 pounds,

This photo shows how much I lay around and have no energy and just really sleepy.  I think it is mainly a side effect and

Board room with empty chairs. This…represents my frustration with my medication and illness I have really isolated myself. I feel like I am irritable and

Some of the meds can be really expensive—I’m lucky that I’m still under my parents’ insurance and they can still support me with hospital costs

“Pills for Breakfast” I feel like I am eating pills for breakfast. I’m downing all these pills and it makes me wonder what I am

Seen here is a painting of a Pokemon. The unseen story is that painting is a stress relief for me. Painting distracts me from my

Bed with med box on pillow; When I first started the meds I would sleep like 18 hours; It is good to know which side

Picture of all the meds I take in a day. It makes me realize how many meds I’m taking every day and wondering how this

Person I work with at night. She has dealt with a lot of the issues like I have. She was just somebody that takes medicines

It’s pretty important to me now cause it has to go with me everywhere I go now. I do not want to know what would