CatsinDenver, your post reflected my concerns perfectly. I get really tired about people dispelling the usefulness of drugs, especially when they themselves have not had to deal with severe and/or bipolar depression. These are not diseases to be treated lightly. They make you a danger to yourself and others and MUST be treated with meds and therapy.

People on meds are not failures, quitters or cowards. No one can truly know what goes on in someone else's mind, and so we cannot judge the mental state of a close friend as we would like to think we can. If someone feels the need to go on medication, I can only hope that those close to them will not judge them for it and tell them it's simply a matter of working harder. That is the kind of statement that can move people over the edge. I know this first hand.