meds helped me but i can't speak for everybody. we are all different, maybe biologically too. what may work for one person may not work for another-i myself have been on almost every psych drug until clozapine came around. it seems to be working in addition to several other meds. i refused drugs when i first got mentally ill, realized i did need it because of trial and error. i am thankful to God that i took them as i would have been a worse wreck now than if i didn't take them.