tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37517774.post3317912286869525503..comments2023-06-26T06:50:16.454-04:00Comments on MY-poem-a-day: Thu 08-Feb-07: Better Living through ChemistryMark Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713628570394054338noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37517774.post-53319507613176828712007-02-16T12:09:00.000-05:002007-02-16T12:09:00.000-05:00But, to talk about 50-100 years ago, there WERE a ...But, to talk about 50-100 years ago, there WERE a very small number of people, both men and women who as you said were considered (if female) "spinster" or if male, "eccentric", who were NOT locked away in institutions. Those were the lucky ones I guess. They had enough skills to cover up in the formative years, and only "spread their wings" later on in life.<BR/><BR/>I still choose meds... for me<BR/><BR/>Hee heeMark Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713628570394054338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37517774.post-31759918718451851452007-02-16T12:06:00.000-05:002007-02-16T12:06:00.000-05:00Just to Clarify RDG:I am VERY VERY happy to take m...Just to Clarify RDG:<BR/><BR/>I am VERY VERY happy to take my meds.<BR/><BR/>My quality of life is SO SO SO SO SO<BR/>(do you believe it yet?) MUCH better then before!<BR/><BR/>And We have a family friend, whose (now 22 yr old) stopped taking med's for a year when they hit 18.<BR/>He decided himself to go back on his meds, after he realized<BR/>he <BR/>* flunked out of school.<BR/>* screwed up his life with 3 diff girlfriends.<BR/>* almost got thrown out of the house for good.<BR/>* almost got arrested and thrown in jail (he got "medicine religion" after this part!)<BR/><BR/>And he's almost nice again..<BR/><BR/>In summary:<BR/>I (personally) vote for<BR/>Medicated till the day I die!Mark Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713628570394054338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37517774.post-57837925469525541102007-02-16T11:15:00.000-05:002007-02-16T11:15:00.000-05:00Amen! Amen!.......to be stuck on meds for the rest...Amen! Amen!.......to be stuck on meds for the rest of your life.......think about what our lives would have been like 50 years ago.......100 years ago.........(of course I would have been dead from childbirth from my first.......); institutionalized for certain......or that eccentric old aunt stuck up in the attic.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com