In his speech at this year’s Liberal Democrat conference, Nick Clegg pledged an end to the ‘outrageous discrimination’ in the treatment of mental health illness in the NHS. When we asked Guardian readers about their experiences of mental health care in the UK, more than 700 people got in touch. They told us of long waiting times, over-reliance on drugs and often a lack of compassion and understanding when it came to treating mental illness. Here are 15 of their stories. You can see more on our blog dedicated to mental health