Not to be the paranoid 1 or anything, but it hasn't been proved that bp causes brain damage. It's been suggested... Same with schizophrenia...

yeah, tbh, it seems as a pharma line. How many long term untreated people had their brains studied? I don't doctors near me, let alone my brain... and so do many others who are not on meds........ because the current system is useless to us. We are not involved or involved minimal, we don't show up in statistics...

hey, I don't know how many people like me are there (most of the alternatives were on meds on one point and than decided to ditch 'em).

And I like Breggin's work.

I think many of the things.... kindling theory, brain shrinkage, sui attempt rate (I posted article on it, talking about possible flaws of the 1 in 5 number) are to a degree pharma propaganda....and part urban myth. Because scary stories spread, even about health. I mean, you probably heard some BS stories yourself (aka cellphones cause braintumors or kill your braincells).

(I think the kindling theory comes from unmanaged bipolar..... and I am not talking about chemical management. But rather building on bad coping skills and habits to a point when it is near impossible to change, because you had so much bad experience and made too many mistakes to be able to clean all the mess. It has nothing to do with chemicals, imho).