I agree with Raspberry Torte. I am not on the meds I'm on because of where I live. I don't have a bad dr which some people would assume because of how many meds I'm on. It's just the way it is and how things are for now; I need 7 meds right now. 6 months from now I hope not to. But if I do I know that it will be because I NEED them and we have tried to eliminate some and it hasn't worked. This may be my life until a new med comes along that will work for me and that may be a while. For now we're trying to avoid Clozaril and anything that does that is valid in my view.

Also, I know for a fact my dr gets no kickbacks. For one thing her hospital doesn't allow drug reps to visit or even provide samples unless there is a patient who needs samples to start a med and then it is specifically requested. Also her hospital releases any relationship with drug companies annually on their website on the dr's information page.

So whatever is done is done to help me.