Life is awesome - argumentum ad populum

[Jackalope]

Studies indicate that people with mental disorders have a better chance at recovery if they never touch "meds". They also indicate that "meds" typically work no better than placebos. I'm not suggesting that you cease taking yours, some people do need them. But the majority do not.

I don't disagree that the majority probably don't need them, at least for long-term use.

Personally, I'd be quite dead without lamotrigine. The few times I've been off it, the impact was obvious. The rest (buspirone, paxill, trazodone), I won't need them for long. I already got off the benzodiazepine wagon after 3 years - that's some shit with the potential for real harm.

Not all cases of depression / mental illness are psychological in nature. Some are biological and only manifest themselves psychologically.

In any case, discontinuing taking psychotropic drugs (or any rx) should be done under the care of a qualified doc.

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Vag: is that your medical opinion, or are you just some tool doing a copy/ paste job?

I learnt this wisdom from a Fountainhead Organic Health Retreat.

Ah, so its the latter. Good to know.