[Resetter]

I am not an anti psychiatry person, earlier on when first diagnosed, I was very anti docs and medicine...I believe that the pills are the lesser of two evils. I can see more clearly through years of experience. Not here to be saved or to save anyone, hoping for upbeat discussions if possible.

[gayleggg]

I, too have come to the conclusion that meds are the lesser of two evils. I can't exist without them. I'm glad somebody out there is still working on better ones.

[Resetter]

Originally Posted by gayleggg

I, too have come to the conclusion that meds are the lesser of two evils. I can't exist without them. I'm glad somebody out there is still working on better ones.

I hear ya, for the first decade or so of being unwell, I was anti meds and docs, I used them to shift my anger from my sense of self. I also used god as an emotional punching bag also.

It's natural to be angry and reject/deny your treatment, it can be a sense of personal weakness or inferiority, that you can't cope or your some out of controller danger.

[kiwi33]

This article (and links therein) may be relevant to this discussion:

Peter Gotzsche, founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, visits Australia to talk about dangers of prescription drugs

Some of its details are specific to Australia but I think that it raises some interesting points.