Actually, that’s usually when people have psychiatric problems. I don’t think he’s trying to be manipulative. When you’re already under stress (like a tour, for example) a minor change in your support system can cause a mental break. What happened to Kim would qualify as more than minor,

My doctor tried to ween me off my anti-depressant once, and I completely lost it. Complete mood instability. Have just assumed that I will always be on at least a low dosage for the rest of my life.

My ex is bipolar that had to be hospitalized several times and I can tell you that when someone has an episode/goes into psychosis it takes alot longer than a week to stabalize and that you really don’t want children around until that person is really doing better. It is not a state I would want to expose young…

My sister switched medications this summer with basically no warnings from her psychiatrist about side effects, and I’ll just say the side effects were fucking disastrous on her and our family. Like with Kim’s hostage situation, I seriously do not care what anyone’s opinion is on these people- they’re human beings and…

Fucking around with mood-altering drugs (the legal kind) is a recipe for disaster that I’ve experienced myself... even when you do things by the book, it can lead to scary changes in personality. I don’t even want to think what happens when you quit cold turkey or suddenly ramp up your dosage on the more potent ones.