Yup. When I researched on drugs... none of the side-effects I found it worth it... even in theory. Gaining weight? Took me so long to get liking my giraffe self and it's hard to find clothes for giraffes... and to be a fat giraffe? Not acceptable. I get angry when i read how people's doctors tell them about "fat and happy" (when most of them would NOT look twice on fat chick).

Anything making me slow, stupid, messing with my congition? I'd leap off the city walls. I value my brain too much...

So on.

Well, in a way I am happy with "my meds" (none). Do I count among the group?

Also... as somebody who took a course in methodology... sometimes you can influence the results of a research by wording questions certain way... or excluding certain groups. Or selecting results you like, by setting filter criterion in a way to get what you need.

And please, do not give me... or us the complicance BS. How if we were good little patients and eat our brocoli and took our meds and listened to parents and therapists... we'd be well, so it's really our fault. There's bad meds and bad therapy. If we talk treatment success and failures, they need to be mentioned.

And honestly, I don't care anymore if people say I discourage people from taking meds. If they work for you, you will not drop them because some chick on internet said something. On the other hand, if what you doing ain't working... maybe time to look outside what you known till now.
This is actually what I love about this forum that you can mention bach essences or being med free and aren't jumped on my entire forum (that's crazyboards.org if somebody finds that appealing ).