garchenpass,

Wow, what a mess the doctors did to you. If our psychiatric community had a lick of compassion, they would use more care than meds to help someone in distress.

Meds, especially when used to put a patient into a submissive state can be brutal. I have three brothers, a niece and sister-in-law who have leanrned the hard way to second guess the doctors before they let then prescribe psychotropic meds.

As far as disability goes, the subject's state without meds is usually the determining factor. Just because a person can become stable with meds does not mean they are not disabled. Unfortunately, some state funded facilities use meds to warehouse patients, rather than help them. The money received warehousing people gets in the way of good care.

Hope you have been getting good help and advice. There are many who have had success against the drugs makers and the prescribing doctors. Dr. Peter Breggin has be an expert in many such cases. www.breggin.com may be a good resource for you.