I agree Kv, drugs are necessary for some but for some of us it is just a bandade that fools us into thinking we have control. Sometimes we have to accept things the way they are. Situations like dealing with my mother. It used to just drive me insane but when I was finally able to accept that it wouldn't change and that I had no control over it my life got so much better. Sometimes of course it gets to me but after a short while I can remind myself and then it's ok again.
I was taking meds for awhile and they did help me to get out of a very deep depression. They helped me and served a purpose but they also covered up things I needed to deal with. When I stopped taking them it was a little tough. I found myself really irritable and I had a twitch in my eye. BUT I was also able to really feel and therefore DEAL with some issues that just seemed to fall into the fuzzy hole on the meds. I am better off for it.
For me it was meds helping to get me balanced so I was able to think clearly but I couldn't have really dealt with much had I not stopped taking them. I believe it is so important to feel.
I have stopped myself from feeling so much and now I am slowly allowing myself to do that to deal with issues one by one.
Coming here and meeting such great people has helped me alot because I feel like I can care, I can communicate which is so important to me and I also can truely be myself and say what I am feeling. I really needed that. It's so great to be able to "talk" to such bright, witty, fun and funny people.
The story is always unfinished and the beauty is we are our own author!!!!
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Heidu

"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully.
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."
"And he has a Brain."
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has a Brain."
There was a long silence.
"I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything."