XPost: uk.people.support.mental-health, alt.society.mental-health,   
   alt.support.depression.medication   
   XPost: alt.support.depression.manic   
   From: humble.life@nospam.com   
      
   On the Road to Damascus wrote:   
   > On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:54:07 GMT, Ben  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> :>:>So, how do we convince our doctors and psychiatrists that this is the   
   >> :>:>reality and not what *they* perceive is reality as told by their drug   
   >> :>:>representatives?   
   >>   
   >   
   > And when you are suicidaly depressed, or full blown manic, which   
   > reality will you choose, the reality of those people who are opposed   
   > to all medication for the mentally ill, or the reality of those   
   > doctors who know that finding the right medicine can give a person   
   > back their life?   
   >   
   > And if you haven't been there, you have no right to speak.   
   >   
   >   
   And when the drugs don't work you get dustbin diagnosis, with the "fail   
   rate" being hidden from the companies.   
      
   If you don't look ill, they won't treat you.  It's almost as bad as   
   looking completely crazy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)