[hutzlibu]

Well, if someone is only peaceful while on meds, I would not feel at peace at all with that person around. People forget their meds/choose not to take them. And then all that was supressed comes out. So does your anecdote sounds. So maybe if she would have had a real therapy which does not rely on meds so much, she would know how to handle her demons better when beeing without drugs.

[thomasfedb]

The drugs do actually work. We have long acting forms (e.g. four injections per year) of some medications which help when people truely are dangerous to themselves or others.