I'm glad you dropped by. Regardless of my view that medications are important for me, I can't help but still be glad for you that positives have happened, even off them.

I would like to add that therapy is important and groups like NAMI and DBSA allow people the support of peers, so they don't feel alone with a mental illness. This was the suggestion I had based on your initial post. Joining such groups does not mean you must be on medications, as long as one does not go with the singular aim at discouraging them, which I read that you do not.

I hope your family members are also doing at least a bit better.