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by matthewtse 838 days ago
(I left a previous comment as a similar sufferer of a lifelong genetic disease that was cured by a breakthrough medicine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37541222)

Funnily enough, although in practical terms my life is infinitely better than it was before the drug in, I would rate my anxiety as higher than it was before.

A lot more options open in the world, a lot more to hope/pine for, a lot more to lose. Back in the days when my expected future was to just hang out in bed, there wasn't much else to do than to just chill and read a book.