Namaste S E, Not all recover with this the non medication approach you have posted many times here since 2007.

A recent more helpful letter to the editor from the Calagary Herald.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/...925/story.html

Honouring Harry Calgary Herald Oct 4 2010

　
Re: "The dark night of the soul -- one man's schizophrenia," Austin Mardon and Justin Selner, Opinion, Sept. 24.

My brother, Harry, was afflicted with schizophrenia in 1969 at 27, during his last year at the University of Saskatchewan. A natural leader and elite athlete, Harry was a winner. Harry did not take medication because it made him ill (groggy).

After teaching in a number of locations and holding numerous jobs, Harry returned to our home town in Saskatchewan and lived with my mother from 1987 until her death in 2004 at age 87. Harry was ostracized while living in poverty in a small town (by both family and non-family members), but our family accentuated the positive fact that he was giving my mother a purpose to her life and, in fact, her health improved when Harry came to live with her. He certainly extended her life.

We often wonder what Harry's life would have been like had he taken his medication. His health deteriorated until having a normal conversation was not possible, adding to the daily stress of my sister and her children's families who lived in the same town.

Harry was a kind man, my best friend, and a wonderful human being. Sadly, he died alone in his bathtub (heart failure) at age 67 on Aug. 15, 2009.

Your article has helped me get one step closer to putting closure to Harry's life. Thank you, Mr. Mardon!
D.D. Herman,
Calgary

Web reference: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Honouring+Harry/3618925/story.html#ixzz122ykYki5