Reply #24: Or they *do* take them, "feel better," stop and recrash..

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There's a whole support system needed for people adjusting to the treatment process at times. Nearly every person I know with one problem or another who finally got treatment needed a couple of fairly solid months of support from friends or family - to say nothing of the physicians! - before they adjusted to the habit of sticking to any therapy, medical, dietary, etc regimens they needed to control their condition.

Even if someone's actively, enthusiastically seeking help, it's hard; there's so many spots where someone can stumble, and it's cruelly unfair to put the onus on the sufferer alone in just about any circumstance. That's even before taking into account the whole "any mental illness = crazed murdered" attitude that's far too common, to say nothing of the politicised equivalents that are so popular here.