Posted by rainbowlight on September 6, 2002, at 1:15:57
In reply to The Evil Pharmaceutical Empire, posted by Martin Johnson on September 5, 2002, at 23:21:18
I have to agree with some of what you say. I do believe there is greed involved with some of the pharmaceutical companies, HOWEVER I can't bite the hand that feeds me. I do wonder if you have ever been suicidal, seriously contemplating death, and then been pulled back out of that into normal life - all at the hands of a pill? I used to be as "anti" med as you are, I believed there were natural alternatives, I tried them. However, they were not powerful enough to resolve my mental disorders. I am not knocking natural remedies at all, I use quite a bit of them in my everyday life, however, they didn't help with Bipolar at all for me. Today I am leading the best life I ever had, thanks to a combo of psychiatric meds and therapy. I guess it also comes down to wanting to have a good quality of life. I could struggle, resist drugs and live the rest of my life in pain, or take the meds and feel human.
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