ok, I HAVE to wear one due to medical things. And believe me, if you dont HAVE to have one, dont get one. There a pain in the ass to have. If you get a necklace, you cant wear any other necklace as it gets tangled up. If you have a braclet the chunky bit were the info goes bang on the desk all the time while your trying to type.
I really dont see much point (except in extrmeme circumstances) for people with MH problems to have them. The ONLY time they are checked are by emergency staff and they only really notice them if they have a severely ill patient with them. And by that I mean the patient unable to give any sign of what is wrong. No speech, no eye contact, no hand movements. And again there used if the patient is in danger for example, cant breathe, arresting etc.
If you are really concerned that you need to get this information across and you would be physically unable to get it across and unlikley to have anyone with you who can explain then I suggest you do 2 things. First off store the number of someone who knows the situation un your phone under ICE (in case of emergency) and second, write it out bullet points of what you think they need to know on a piece of neon card and put it in your purse or something.
With MH, if you miss your meds or something yeah you may feel ill, but its unlikely to be life threatening unlike some physical meds. Sure someone mentioned things like serotoinin sydrome, but if you have this, chances are you will be able to give some sort of history plus blood tests which can be back within 10mins can show it and this disorder is unlikely to kill you in that time frame.
Really, having mental health problems does suck, but go for the least restrictive methods you can to maintain as near normal a life as you can.
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