Xanax was proven to be effective for only 6 weeks over the placebo during FDA trials—and it also is highly addictive....and the withdrawal symptom for Xanax is ANXIETY worse than the patient started with.....
I agree that there are many drugs over prescribed but I personally know a kid in which (I think it was Ritalin) worked a miracle.
He worked at a Summer resort. Everyone liked him but he was literally climbing the walls. One had to be around him only a few seconds to see something was wrong.
The fourth Summer he showed up and was totally normal. A guy told me he was prescribed Ritalin.
I did notice it was only people who were close to her that she ever let see the depressive side. She got more what we called “atta boys” than the rest of the staff put together. In other words if a staffer did something really nice to a guest they could say so on a form, naming the employee.
I only got a couple of them all my Summers there. She would get one just about every week or even more. I always suspected it had more to do with her beautiful smile than anything else.
The only time I caught the mean side was I was fixing her car which had a problem running rough. I took out a plug and immediately saw the problem. The plug gap was way too tight.
I fixed the firest one then was working on the second when she asked if I knew what I was doing. Well I just made a joke and said I had no idea what I was doing.
She then jumped up and said “then why are you working on it” I then told her I was just kidding and knew exactly what was wrong.
She seemed pleasant again.