Life as an autistic person can be so challenging at times. Our brains think completely different than the neurotypical brain. There’s many things in the course that are absolutely an everyday battle. Sometimes it’s what can make or break us for the day. But it takes time to get things to change behaviors to get the brains to become rewired to understanding what’s necessary in life.

Whenever something happens in your life that affects your brain, especially medication that’s used to treat your affects of your daily life so you can function in life. But as you get off course, it can alter the brain to where it can alter your brain and your way of thinking for many reasons.

That’s probably one of the main reasons that the last five years have been a struggle for me to understand and realize the importance of finalizing a routine and understanding that it’s important to take my medication everyday.

It’s also understanding the reasons behind why it’s hard to get back on track once a dose is skipped. It’s something that I need to understand and accept of the importance of being consistent because whenever a dose is skipped I begin to come up with many myths and reasons behind why I can’t go back on until it gets the absolute worst point where I realize I need to get back on track.

Once I get back on track, it takes time for the medicine to enter my system once again. In nearly and a half years, I have had constant struggles with staying on track and understanding that I need to be patient with myself and let things work themselves out with the medicine and the brain to let it get rewired and balance my brain so I am able to do the things that I enjoy.

It’s a constant battle that’s been an extreme struggle. The constant unbalanced schedule of sleep and volatility of my moods only sets me up for an unpleasant situation or a negative reaction. It’s something that I never want to experience ever again. Even with all the changes that’s happened over the past few months, there’s still a lot of changes and situations that’s going to happen that’s going to require me to be better grounded and fully understand that taking my medicine for every day is a necessity, no matter what.

Deep down inside, I know I do so much better than without them. It takes things such as being engaged throughout the day and being aware of what other things besides the medication I need to do in order for me to stay well and being able to navigate the situations that are more challenging for me to navigate or are less desirable for me.

In the end l, it’s going to need to consistent and have perseverance when it comes to taking my medicine and being aware of my mental health challenges and understanding how important all medications are to my mental health. Every start begins with new opportunities and better ways to focus on getting back on track to being better.