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pacific breeze · January 7th, 2006, 04:01 PM

^^ SOME doctors overprescribe anti-depressants, but most are responsible. They were never prescribed as an answer to everyone's problems, although that's what most people want to believe -- that a pill will magically cure their ills, physcial and mental. And drug companies are happy to make billions off that illusion because people will ASK for the drug and irresponsible doctors will give it to them.

Most mental illnesses are difficult to treat but diagnosed clinical depression is treatable, and anti-depressants are highly effective if taken correctly and used in conjunction with therapy. I am living proof, and so are many people I know. ONE in 10 people will suffer from some form of mental illness in their lifetime, and frankly, I would much rather take a pill than suffer as I did for so many years. I have a completely normal range of feelings, I just don't bogged down in pits of despair for years at a time, and my life has improved immeasurably.

If you had diabetes, you would take insulin. Why is it any different for people with illnesses you can't see?

January 7th, 2006, 04:01 PM	#14 (permalink)
pacific breeze Hit By Ban Bus! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: in the wild blue yonder Posts: 15,485	Re: Here's a new one: Doctors with ethics. ^^ SOME doctors overprescribe anti-depressants, but most are responsible. They were never prescribed as an answer to everyone's problems, although that's what most people want to believe -- that a pill will magically cure their ills, physcial and mental. And drug companies are happy to make billions off that illusion because people will ASK for the drug and irresponsible doctors will give it to them. Most mental illnesses are difficult to treat but diagnosed clinical depression is treatable, and anti-depressants are highly effective if taken correctly and used in conjunction with therapy. I am living proof, and so are many people I know. ONE in 10 people will suffer from some form of mental illness in their lifetime, and frankly, I would much rather take a pill than suffer as I did for so many years. I have a completely normal range of feelings, I just don't bogged down in pits of despair for years at a time, and my life has improved immeasurably. If you had diabetes, you would take insulin. Why is it any different for people with illnesses you can't see?