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Originally Posted by Sly
Have you ever known a schizophrenic? Have you ever lived with one?
You guys are talking in blanket statements about this. Your general feeling and purpose I agree with, people take too many medications when a lifestyle change can many times "fix them". But you shouldn't write off mental illnesses so easily just because you can't "see them".
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Notice I wrote 'with very few exceptions'. I would consider schizophrenia to be an exception, as I do believe it's an unnatural chemical imbalance of the brain. What I'm referring to is the whole North American current lifestyle, where every housewife is on uppers or downers or every kid is on ritalin, etc... those I don't believe to be true needs for medicine in most cases.