A diagnosis of schizophrenia or psychotic bipolar need not be a life-long cross to bear. People are generally told these diagnosis are lifelong disabilities that will worsen without life-long medications. This is simply not the case in many instances and in fact there is much evidence to the contrary. Life-long use of psychiatric drugs can actually worsen symptoms in a great many people. Too few people are granted the opportunity or given the information to find out if they might heal in other ways and what other options they might have.