> That won’t help. While I agree with the rest of your comment, I want to gently challenge this specific statement, as someone who has to take a powerful med (

> That won’t help. While I agree with the rest of your comment, I want to gently challenge this specific statement, as someone who has to take a powerful med (lithium) to avoid relapsing into mania with psychosis. I was so extremely reluctant to regularly take meds, and lapsed in and out of mania for a few years. The main thing that got me to stick with lithium, and a major driver in me staying on them today, is grokking how deeply destructive mania is to all the relationships and other good things in my life. I'm not saying we should shame mentally ill people, but part of treatment should be helping them understand & agree that permanent treatment is in their own best interest. Easier said than done, of course... it took years for me.