Need is rather subjective, don't you think? If we want to be extremely literal, one doesn't need much other than food energy, water, and oxygen. I wonder if people can ever truly say that they "need" meds. You may functional differently without them, but in this case, you will not suddenly drop down dead without them.

Aside from the debate of how much meds actually help, I personally don't believe I need anything aside from myself. I was told by professionals in the hospital that I would never function properly, and they attempted to prescribe me a lot of meds. Would they have provided some relief? Quite possibly. Did I need them? I don't think so.

If you stopped taking meds, then said that you can't get by, I'd tell you to learn how to get by, and learn how to live life, because can and can't is purely limited by your own conviction.

Not you in particular, but on a broader level, I think people who do feel an actual need for meds are actually limiting themselves in doing everything possible to be better.