lol

Nice.

I thought Zen was Spartacus?

I can't keep all the Spartacuseseses (Spartaci?) straight around here.

Half of us on antidepressants are on them for anxiety problems, not depression



were you guys waiting for me to come around and point that out

Well, my initial diagnosis, some 15 years ago, was chronic depression (you know, before it was all en vogue.) ;)

Finally, a year ago, I was diagnosed additionally with anxiety attacks (disorder?) So that's a different script.

SSRI every day, and anti-anxiety when really really needed.

Performance enhancing drugs.

Like Viagra?

If you feel confident and happy for more than 4 hours, see a doctor.

esnicker

Ten percent taking antidepression meds means that ten percent of the population has been diagnosed as depressed.

The actual number of people suffering from depression will be much higher.

or lower...

I admit to my belief that unless it is a true "clinical depression",
there would be alternatives to Rx medications.

The world got along without them for quite a long time.
Unfortunately, for those with true clinical depression,
the options were scarce and awful.

My bias is against the pervasive TV ads for these meds,
and physicians who simply write the script and collect their fee.
In part this is based on the article stating:

I agree with most everything said above. There is probably overdiagnosis, due to complacent doctors, marketing from drug companies and such. Current levels of depression are probably caused by modern lifestyles and the strange sea of chemicals we now live in. There is the assumption that if you're not happy, something is medically wrong, and that it can be fixed with a pill rather than changing your lifestyle.

I want to add:
Is it that antidepressants are overused in the US, or underused elsewhere?
Countries outside the OECD spend their health resources on life-and-death fights - malaria, TB, malnutrition, cholera etc. Anyone who is merely depressed can get along on their own, or fade away and die.

The OECD has much higher suicide rates than poorer countries, despite having much better living conditions. My guess is that anyone in Calcutta who doesn't have a strong will to live has already died of some disease, and has no need to actively end it all.

My father is a Dr of Pharmacy who talked and practiced for 52 years. He always joked, "better living through pharmaceuticals" should be catch phrase for the last 20 years.

My PTSD manifests thru anxiety and obsessive compulsive behaviors. Me off my meds is not something most people would want to see. Many of you have seen the changes in my behavior online when the VA lets me run out of meds

Half of us on antidepressants are on them for anxiety problems, not depression



fuckers aren't reading my posts again