The question you are asking is if people can eventually learn to control their illness? Sadly, a lot of the homeless you see around here... are mentally ill. 
Not medicated, of course.
Typically... people who are diagnosed with a mental illness, are not "curable," per se. They may make improvements... but rarely will ever be completely cured of said issue. People with depression have the greatest chance of having a turn around without medication since there are many kinds of depression. Seasonal depressions ( like in the winter * a lot of people in Alaska get this or get depressed from a lack of sun light for long long periods of time. ) So, depression does have a better turn around. That's just a mental illnesses assuming she even has depression. * I have seen people on Lexapro as a booster with 2 or more medications to treat bipolar disorder * Bipolar disorder is a completely different demon in it's own. So many different chemical imbalances and fluxes, there's no controlling that, and well, lets not even get into anything involving Schizophrenia. There's no really learning how to control or do it in your head... believe me... I've tried... many times... over and over... to control mood disorders in my head without the aid of medications. Taking medications feeling well and thinking to myself "I've got this, I don't need these!" Only to discover in a week or so after stopping them I didn't have it, and I was back down in the same downward spiral I was in again. Sadly, it's nothing you can control. Everything is in my brain, believe me. I am a high functioning individual. I am certainly not unintelligent my any means. All it is, just a chemical imbalance, sadly. They don't understand everything about it completely, yet. Maybe people with very minor cases of depression... possibly? But I don't believe they would prescribe medication for those cases, they'd probably send them to therapy or something along those lines. Is that along the lines of what you are talking about?
I guess it's a situation about how the brain is permanently wired regardless if a new learning experience is good or bad? Like the saying goes, once you start, you can't stop.
Definitely what I had in mind, thanks Mew!
Or those bagel chips.... 
It's just because people see crap on TV and think it's like that... :roll: Oh well, you can't change judgmental peoples minds. If they're not willing to talk and get to know you and base their decision off something you can't help... well, that's their problem. 
:P
It's been out for a long time and there IS a generic for Lexapro called Escitalopram. It works just as well and most patients report no difference. As far as the price is concerned, I do not believe that you have been checking around or someone has lied to you. I checked in multiple states, including my own ( known for higher medication costs ) with no insurance and the cost for name brand Lexapro runs around $100 - $125 dollars. Lexapro Prices, Coupons and Information - GoodRx Those are just some stores ( known for higher prescription costs as well, walmart is usually cheaper.) The cost for the generic version Escitalopram I'm sure is much much cheaper. You just have to do some digging around, but the generics are always cheaper than the name brands. Good luck to you, hope it helps.
Sometimes all it takes is a different instructor.
Yes, classes/students are better online and some are not. I'm fortunate in that my online classes allow the tests to be taken at home, open-book, open-notes. But I fully agree that some instructors are big helps, and some are not.
Typically... people who are diagnosed with a mental illness, are not "curable," per se. They may make improvements... but rarely will ever be completely cured of said issue. People with depression have the greatest chance of having a turn around without medication since there are many kinds of depression. Seasonal depressions ( like in the winter * a lot of people in Alaska get this or get depressed from a lack of sun light for long long periods of time. ) So, depression does have a better turn around. That's just a mental illnesses assuming she even has depression. * I have seen people on Lexapro as a booster with 2 or more medications to treat bipolar disorder * Bipolar disorder is a completely different demon in it's own. So many different chemical imbalances and fluxes, there's no controlling that, and well, lets not even get into anything involving Schizophrenia. There's no really learning how to control or do it in your head... believe me... I've tried... many times... over and over... to control mood disorders in my head without the aid of medications. Taking medications feeling well and thinking to myself "I've got this, I don't need these!" Only to discover in a week or so after stopping them I didn't have it, and I was back down in the same downward spiral I was in again. Sadly, it's nothing you can control. Everything is in my brain, believe me. I am a high functioning individual. I am certainly not unintelligent my any means. All it is, just a chemical imbalance, sadly. They don't understand everything about it completely, yet. Maybe people with very minor cases of depression... possibly? But I don't believe they would prescribe medication for those cases, they'd probably send them to therapy or something along those lines. Is that along the lines of what you are talking about?
Reminds me of this image I saw a while ago, indeed that's what's difficult about mental illness, it's not some tangible thing like deafness. You can't just "snap out of it"
came back again 40's below :roll: