not to change the subject, i'm posting to say i was a person with mental illness and still am. i learned i have to take meds to stay stable. i used to refuse for years but in 2008 was hospitalised and was soo bad i agreed with everyone that i was really ill. since then i've been on meds to stablise myself. God forbid if i shouldn't take them anymore, i would probably die. i love feeling stable and sober so much, i wouldn't give it up for the world.