ugh. clozapine. effective, but...at what cost? sorry about that. really, though, to me I'd think the shock treatments are the real bummer. mine were not voluntary (part of the reason i stay on abilify now...), but...they're on the more primitve end of psych treatment, that's for sure.

try to be thankful for what you do have and the good things in your life. im saying that a)because I'm a Christian, and that's one aspect of The Faith that has helped me thru and b) irrespective of one's belief system, gratitude-not simply 'oh look...someone worse off than me, hehehe'--but genuine gratitude...is an excellent way to put things into persepctive a bit, move forward, etc.

i go to a community/public mental health clinic. i see people breezing in for court ordered Haloperidol shots, and probably at high doses, too (sometimes...). so, I try to remind myself: at least I've been spared being pumped full of vitamin H, involuntarily. I live comfortably and in safety, and I'm smart again, despite the shock 'treatments,' etc.

so there you go. other than that...im not one to tell someone to stay in treatment, because i really do not know the other person or...anything, really. a lot of mental health, inc. seems to be more dogma than anything else, but...some people do better on at least a bit of psych stuff than on 0 psych drugs. others...do better off drugs.

hope things get better for you. :-)