For me I feel meds are maybe a quarter of what's stabilizing. I need a calm organized life with a therapist to help me learn when I need to ask for extra help. I can't deal with working and my family life so I'm not going to attempt work for at least another 6 years. A lot of things that I have fun with I have to force myself to do. I've thought differently all my life I'm not nor will I ever have the "right" response to anything. My goals for remission is not to scare myself or others, be functional to keep house, enjoy going out, and stay out of jail and the hospital.