Hey Jimi. I'm absolutely with you 100% on this one. Don't get me wrong Strongerman, I get what you mean about the importance of 'softer values'. But....it's sort of like the old adage 'Those who can.... do, those who cant.... teach' Bloody medication....Yes, yes & yes Jimi. I was an English Teacher in my much younger years, but after being severely traumatised and put onto a cocktail of pills, I lost all ability to focus on anything, let alone go back to teaching. I truely believe that us being medicated is mainly for the benifit of those around us....so they can tolerate us. Bugger that....After more than 10 years of being 'sedated'. told to 'sit in the corner' and placated by therapists and family, I said 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH' I used to be a highly intelligent, productive and driven woman, where the hell did she go?

I know for absolute certain that my traumatic event didn't make me stupid....being coddled and sedated did. So..........I chose to go it alone, granted.....the appropriate reactions to what happened to me came back with a veageance, anger, self pity, hate. But my smarts returned as well after time, as did my determination and self will. I still no longer teach....I re-eductated myself as an Architectural Technician, this would never have been possible on medication. When you have relied on your intelligence, and it is one of your defining characteristics, then it is snatched away or medicated away, it is a fate worse than death. Q.L