I just figure whatever works for you, well it works for you. I guess I do get scared when someone tells someone that meds are not necessary. Although really, I imagine it would be just as scary for you Venus when one of us tells someone that meds are necessary. So what do we do? I am trying to couch things with: "This is what has happened to me and worked for me. But you have to talk to your doctor and really look at yourself and see what will work for YOU." So, I try to be politically correct and the most helpful I can possibly be, except for the fact that I do have mental illness and sometimes I just feel like so much **** that I am not really helpful to anyone. And I don't even realize it. I guess I am trying to say that we all have our own validating experiences and viewpoints. And it is ok. It is great, actually. That all of us with all of our different opinions can meet and talk freely and argue freely. That is freedom to me.