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I am a mentor for people with psoriasis and work with the Detroit Bulldog Rescue

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• A reply on Conversation: If one's mental illness could be cured by a single pill, would you choose to do so?

  Jul 13 2012: Conor, I actually don't take them, my husband is Bipolar, I'm an advocate for him, so I know a lot about medications. It's always important to weight the side effects against the benefits of the medications. In my husbands case, he takes 4 meds, down from 5, but he is much better, stable, and has much better control of his feelings. We refer to his life as "before meds" and "after meds."

• A reply on Conversation: If one's mental illness could be cured by a single pill, would you choose to do so?

  Jul 11 2012: Yes there are side effects with any medication, but it all depends on you personally react to them. What what person feels may not happen to you. I personally can't take one generic medication, but can take many others with no problems. Others I know can take that same med in a generic with no problem, but for me, I experience every single side effect for the worst.

• A comment on Conversation: If one's mental illness could be cured by a single pill, would you choose to do so?

  Jul 11 2012: My husband is bipolar, I know he would LOVE to be cured of that illness. He is medicated and has lost the creativity he had as a younger, unmedicated person. My question would be will he still have the personality and creativity as he did before? Or will he be "normal" without the creativity? For me, I would be happier for him to be cured. Without the spending sprees, the moods, the never knowing which person I am coming home to.