1) Thanks for the article costello I find the passivity-thing is definitely how the meds affect me. The voices are mostly gone, but instead there's this not-knowing if I heard something (a hallucination) or if I thought it instead. This used to freak me out as I felt like I couldn't trust my own brain anymore, but after a bit longer on the meds it just doesn't bother me anymore, and neither do the other things that worry me, like my brain rotting away. It's like I'm just resigned to it - "so what if my brain is rotting away, there's nothing I can do about it anyway..." It's greatly reduced my anxiety and I'm less paranoid about leaving the house, but it's hard to feel motivated about anything else. Is it worth it? At the moment I think so, but thanks to this article reminding me of the passivity caused by antipsychotics I will keep monitoring it.

2) Re RAD I have 2 adoptive younger siblings and it is definitely a challenge, especially the older one who was nearly 8 before we got him. He's almost 16 now and nothing has changed. The medical professionals don't have any answers and my parents are exhausted dealing with him. I wonder if we even did the best thing by adopting them, because my parents are so stressed out about them (the youngest one has ADHD too). I will check out that website that you mentioned costello to see if it has any insight for my parents. The only thing is I fear it may be too late for the 15-year-old now, which is incredibly sad

Anyway, thank you costello for the links

*Willow*