A brief answer to some of the patients’ concerns about medication: 1. First of all, as a person, I also hope I can live naturally, and I hope not to take medication, which is human nature; however, as a normal person in society, an important characteristic is that we have the ability to choose and be flexible, and this choice and flexibility is to allow us to choose a way to live better in this society. So if I really have depressive symptoms or psychotic symptoms (which means that our body and brain are overloaded and our brain has undergone chemical or neurological changes that are difficult to reverse on its own), what our brain needs at this time is the chemistry of drugs to help it achieve a new equilibrium that will allow the depressive symptoms or psychotic symptoms to return and bring us back to normal. At this time, if I still think to recover by willpower, maybe I can persist for a while, but my feelings must be painful, and people around me will also suffer with the pain, and the longer I persist without drugs, it will only mean that the pain will last longer. But when the symptoms of depression, anxiety or mental illness are more serious, the effect of drugs will be faster; doing psychotherapy after the symptoms are relieved will make our psyche stronger and prevent relapse again, 2. First of all, it is a drug, there must be side effects; but side effects vary from person to person, some people will show it, some people do not; but follow a principle: start with a small dose, slowly increase the drug, most people will not have obvious side effects, once found side effects, timely treatment, there are few sequelae, 3, drugs will not become addicted? The new antipsychotics and antidepressants are not addictive; however, except for the use of Valium (such as Valium, Clonazepam, Lola, Alprazolam), which is recommended for short-term use. 4. In the case of depression, for example, for the first episode, medication should be taken for at least 6-12 months under doctor’s guidance, after which maintenance or reduction or discontinuation of medication should be considered under doctor’s guidance according to symptom response; for 2 episodes, medication should be used for 3-5 years under doctor’s guidance, after which maintenance or reduction or discontinuation of medication should be considered under doctor’s guidance according to symptom response; for more than 3 episodes, medication is recommended to be more permanent and for schizophrenia, long-term medication is generally recommended, specifically according to changes in the condition and regular communication with the doctor.