jmartin,
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- I am glad you are feeling and doing better
- anyone who chooses to reduce or eliminate their meds against 'medical advice' does so at their own risk, of course
- to the extent that people choose for themselves and such choices do not bring harm to others I am in full suport of individual choice
- if a personal choice creates potential or actual harm for others? Then I would have issue with that choice
- example?? A parent going off behavior management meds and then finding themselves in a violent temper towards the children and\or spouse
- I would also mention that bi-polar is, at least in the eyes of those who make the labels, a specific diagnosis but it is also true that some people are thrown into that category who may not truly be bi-polar and some who are fall thru the cracks
- mental health, including psychiatry, is still very much an art despite attempts to promote a scientific facade based on all the high-tech drugs and use of the medical model (disease model)
- all the high-tech drugs around also have, remember, a lot of 'high-tech' side effects which are, as often as not, why people lower their meds intake or stop altogether - whether this is 'safe' or not
Reiki All Around,
All Blessings,
Firekeeper
