It's all fine and good to say that alternative medicines can work to remedy mental illness. BUT, saying that and what ACTUALLY happens is a different story. I have gotten into arguments with certain people, (people who smoke insane amounts of weed) and they tell me that weed can fix it all, even mental illness. Yeah, if you're high all the damn time, sure life will seem better, but how do you function in society like that?

Sorry for going off on a tangent there, but as someone who has bipolar, I tried going off meds, and was off of them for almost three whole years. The symptoms came back, in full force, and in the form of psychosis, which led to 10 painful years in and out of the hospital. I NEED my meds too, I can't afford to rely on wishful thinking.