[Fuzzybear]

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I was wondering if anyone has recovered without meds...

Or is anyone else not taking meds...

[Skeezyks]

Hi Fuzzy... Well... I'm not sure about "recovered". I guess what I would say is I'm stable & functional. Within the limits of my day-to-day life, as I live it, I get out & do what needs to be done. I'm not on psych med's nor do I see a therapist. Neither has ever been of any real consequence to me. The good thing, in my case, is that I'm getting older. And the older I get the less-&-less important any of what has gone before becomes.

[whisperingskye]

I haven't been on meds since July last year. It's not easy, but I'm not sure meds did all that much for me anyway.

I'm certainly not recovered. I also don't think meds will lead to recovery. Not entirely sure what the answer is, but I don't think the doctors or therapists really know the answer either.

I am of the understanding one doesn't 'recover' from mental illness. It is something we must live with our entire lives. Perhaps what you mean instead is has anyone found stability without meds.

I don't take meds anymore and I never will again. After having 7-8 different medicines shoved down my throat that I didn't even need when I was a child by greedy doctors who wanted to milk me for everything they could makes me unable to trust the mental health system or big pharma for that matter ever again.

I'm pretty certain that I have brain damage from all of the poisonous "medicine" that I was on as a child and I am also convinced that they purposely load them on side effects so people need more pills which in turn makes them more money. Don't even get me started on what I think about how much they charge for them either; I would need a whole chapter to a book just to describe how I feel about that.

I believe most modern medicine especially medicine prescribed for mental health issues is just another scam that the rich use to control the poor. They are uninterested in helping anybody but their wallets. Buying a new corporate jet or island is more important to them than seeing people get well because money can't be made of somebody who is healthy.

I only take natural supplements instead. Natural supplements such as b vitamins, St John's Wort, Acetyl L-Carnitine, Ginseng, Omega 3 fish oil, THC, and a number of others that I can't think of right at the top of my head combined with a healthy diet and exercise are proven to prevent and treat most mental health issues and sometimes even cancer if incorporated into your life properly.

Sorry for the rant but I have strong feelings towards this subject.