Oh, I'll grant that anecdotal experience is given little credence by researchers. But to the person who experiences it, it is quite valid. I've been on antidepressants that haven't worked at all, I've been on placebos that haven't worked at all, and I've been on antidepressants that have worked. Unlike you, I can see both sides of the issue. Do I think your research has some validity? Absolutely. But do I buy your ultimate conclusion that the drugs are all bogus and a huge rip-off? No. I thank God that at least so far our government gives us the right to make our own decisions on the matter. I hope no one like you ever gets in charge and decides that all of us "suckers" need to be protected from ourselves.
I thank God that at least so far our government gives us the right to make our own decisions on the matter.Sorry for nitpicking, but...
You are
not free to make your own decision in this matter and I find it absurd that you would think so. If that were so you wouldn't need a prescription from an M.D. to get the medication and your only "decision" is to follow, or not to follow, the M.D.'s advice after he gives you the prescription. Further, the FDA (the government) has to approve a drug before it can even be sold, again removing "us" from having to make any "decisions". The decisions are all made for us.
And prescription drugs aren't sold over the counter like some other drugs are. They aren't called controlled substances for nothing.
You just go on, though, believing that "our government gives us the right to make our own decisions on the matter. IMO "we" are given very little choice in the right to make our own decisions on any number of matters. "Our government" is always doing what is "best for the people of America", and they vocalize that frequently, whether it is or isn't. What matters is that those making the rules for the rest of "us" believe it is "best for the people of America".