I don't drink. I am a terrible drunk. It triggers episodes and heightens mixed episodes. My drug of choice used to be mj but it is not a good thing when I am having mixed episodes. It was great for anxiety and as a sleep aid and so long as I didn't over self medicate it could even lift me out of a depressive episode.

I think you make a good point Cesario. It could make for an interesting study in social psychology. I think may of us learned to self medicate because we have gone years without treatment. At least that is how I look at my own history of self medicating.