As mentioned you do not have to take medication to receive therapy. It's complicated. Some people respond well to ADs and some have awful reactions. And then you have organizations like Scientology who try to scare people with false claims about ADs. It was Zinco I think who mentioned that ADs only work for a certain percentage of the population. I read a study a while back on a specific AD med in which it was reported a slightly greater percentage of the people involved in the med trials responded to sugar pills (placebo) than responded to the med. If it works it works... if it doesn't then theres no reason to use it especially if it causes a reaction or if the side effects are too much.