Another thing that I think is worth keeping in mind is the idea of 'looking at the posts' on this forum to make decisions on reality. I suspect that the people that post here are outliers in a way? Either they are new to their diagnoses (like me) and are trying to figure things out.. which means that perhaps the meds haven't truly shown their efficacy. Or... they are the people in which the meds haven't worked for whatever reason. I realize I'm not including the large number of people that post here for the simple reason of the shared community. But my point is that there are probably many 1000s of people in which medication (as well as lifestyle changes of course) has stabilized their lives and simply don't need the support that a forum like this provides. Anyway.. I'm not sure that evaluating the posts here is a good way to reflect reality. Doctors deal with whats in the trenches.. and the optimistic side of me thinks that not all of them are in the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies.