[At _War_With_Liberals]

A friend of mine was the CEO of a pharmaceutical company division in Germany. He was brilliant, but got sick in his 40's and had alot of problems. He had to leave it all behind. He had to adjust to a new reality. He was a brilliant psychiatrist by training, an MD. Luckily, he was very wealthy... it helps to not have to worry about money when ill.

Anyway, he befriended me and taught me immensely important things about this subject.

Most people are conditioned to think of mental illness, medication, the research, psychiatrists, in ways that are patently false. Politics and greed play a more important role than anything else. Learning to think outside of the illness and the misperceptions (and outright lies) is the key to dealing with it.

If anyone would like to discuss this subject in a practical, 1st hand, straight forward manner, please contact me via FReepmail.

[KangarooJacqui]

I suffer from manic depression. I'd welcome the chance to discuss the issues of mental illness and suicide with someone who obviously has far more of a clue about those issues, than some on this thread.