Lost mom, I'm sorry you are going thru this. My brother thinks the same way--he thinks I'm not mentally ill and when he see the psych meds I take he calls me a pill popper too. He does not understand what its like to live with mental illness. Without my meds I'd be much worse off. My mom has accepted my mental illness but she is a little skeptical of all the meds I take. She would prefer I take less of them because she sees the side effects from them. Many of my family members feel the same as my brother and mom--I've had to limit my contact with them just to keep myself from getting sicker. I hope you can get this all worked out....D