Erin L. Hawkes shares her story about her struggles with schizophrenia and having to be forcibly medicated and hospitalized. It is a very honest and interesting look at schizophrenia and the medications that often go along with it.
Here is an expert from "Thank You for Medicating Me":
"My schizophrenia, I've been told, is just a "chemical imbalance in the brain." It is not my fault. It is a brain disease. Drugs will stabilize me. I don't trust them. Instead, I believe that microscopic rats are eating my brain, a homicidal man is tracking my every move, and the Voices I hear are urging me to commit suicide."
It is worth reading the full article and it can be found on The Tyee.
