[Joe 6-pack]

I have to agree with her to an extent. While I certainly would not discourage the treatment of true clinical depression, we are largely an over-medicated society. People want to feel good all the time. Sadness and grief are natural emotions and learning how to deal with them is part of normal, healthy human development. IMHO, too many people now find it too difficult to make that spiritual journey through times of despair, finding it much easier to take a pill.

[RoosterRedux]

I have had friends who committed suicide due to the pain of depression (pre-Prozac). I think an antidepressant might have given them enough of a respite from the pain to regain some semblance of the balance they needed to find their way again.

On the other hand, there is plenty of room for over-reliance on antidepressants in our society. Antidepressants clearly numb society to it dysfunction.

[Lumper20]

In the 1980’s I saw Viet Vets who were trying to get help from
nightmares and/or anxiety and panic attacks from combat in Vietnam drugged up so much they were zombies. Try 350-450 mg of nortriptyline (sp.) every AM and see what you feel like. I saw men who had been in
combat so drugged up that most could barely stay awake during the day and those on other drugs walked the hallways up and down all night.

[Jimmy The Snake]

I replaced Prozak w/ Vitamin D. That was the whole problem.