Posted by Eric on March 30, 2001, at 12:02:10
In reply to Meds are only a TOOL » JahL, posted by Todd on March 30, 2001, at 0:22:30
>Life is fraught with pain. No pill is ever going to take that away. Learning to live with it lovingly without being afraid is my holy grail.
You dont know what you are talking about. We are specifically discussing severe forms of mental illness...major depression, bipolar manic depression, paranoid schizophrenia, severe OCD, etc. We are not talking about situational depression here or even dysthymia. Im not talking about the kind of "pain" life is normally fraught with if you are healthy and free of mental illness.Obviously you have never been severely mentally ill before or you are in denial of your problems. For severe forms of mental illness meds are not a "crutch" they are the foundation of recovery.
Got a severe form of mental illness? Without meds you are screwed and up the river...most likely you will end up disabled.
Eric
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