I take medication. Fortunately im stable. It took a couple of years to find the right combination of medications that work. Im not schizo or bipolar so it wasnt as difficult for me. I think tbe short stays n hospital stays rnt long enuf. Im 64 now but between 18-20 i spent a total of two years n hospitals. This was back when they kept u long enuf to get better. Toward the end of my second years i took myself off medication and did fine. This was when they used thorazine and ellavil and meds like that. The second place i was at had the behavior modification model which taught me how to live as an adult. It seems that with the development of SSRIs they think this drug is magic and no one should need to be kept for a longer duration. We can pay now for better care now or pay  much more later for less care. I view it like a gunman throwing a bullet at someone rather than shooting it out the gun. Its called half-assed effort and not very effective. (to be continued).