> Victor, > > I also am of both minds about drugs for depression, schizophrenia, OCD, etc. > I have known people whose lives would not be functional at all without them > and have known others whose lives were made much worse by them.
I have a friend in Atlanta who is a brilliant songwriter. However, he suffers from paranoia schizophrenia and is in and out of the mental ward at the hospital. When he takes his medication, he is usually okay, but I think too often, people have given him acid and other drugs in which case he doesn't take his medication, which serves only to further screw his mind up. This has been going on for years. He is a very warm, genuine person and very caring, even in his madness. He played for many years, in an Atlanta band, Zen Dixie, along with my friend Mark Richard(wrote HFB). I see him occasionally these days. Lately he's been in the hospital alot. At this point, I think drugs are the only thing that keeps him from completely going mad. Even when he's telling some of the most absurd stories and conspiracy theories, he's so sincere, almost believable. Victor NP: Snakes and Braves, not good... Victor Johnson http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson "Velveteen rabbits and moonbeams, Come when you lay down your head. While you are sleeping, they kiss you and tell you, That you are the reason the sun lights the sky." Scarlet-V. Johnson
