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I just want to add a something to Rayne's post that she may have forgotten.
My cousin Jeremy was diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder, Rage, Bipolar Disorder. He would have blackouts and wreck the whole house, wake up the next day with no idea what happened. I used to spend a lot of time with my cousin and I came to know all of his personalities pretty well. He was prescribed various medications all of which made him worse. When they gave him prozac he became a completely different person. He was a lot meaner and even his own sister (who is closest to him) didn't want to be around him. He quit the meds and got better on his own.
My cousin Richelle used to be cool. She was diagnosed as Bipolar and started taking meds. She isn't so cool anymore, she is a lot less normal than she used to be (I use normal loosely). She, however, hasn't stopped taking her meds.
I know one person that has been helped. His name is Luke and he is the smartest person (IQ wise) that I have ever met. I'm talking off the damn charts smart. He's on Lithium, it helps him. I remember one day he brought his guitar over and we jammed all day. The next day he didn't take his meds and he came over looking for a place to hide. He was convinced the government was after him, convinced that they had captured him and he had escaped. His neighbors ended up calling his parents who had to fly in from Florida to make him take his meds.
That's the only one I know personally.
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