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[TheSpyder]

Yep, for sure. My wife suffers from similar diagnosis as Laurie's friend. She is on four different drugs and has been on this drug roller coaster for 20 years.

I once did research and you can find medical journels that say to try A-B-C drugs. Then if that doesn't work try A-B-D, then if that doesn' work try D-H-J and so on and so on and so on.

There are some and maybe many people where these drugs simply do not work and over time the latent affect of being on all these cannot be good.

Last, as Laurie's friends blog points out, you're really just a number to many of these intitutions where the treatment is very inadequate to say the least.

The drug companies have become so powerful they force their products into society. It's a mess and people suffer.

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

A disturbing trend in medicine is the overuse of antidepressants for those who need them or not. While some people absolutley will benefit from them, the side effects for some are tragic. Once you are on them it is very tricky to get off especially the stronger ones. Withdrawl from antidepressants often leads to bizzare behavior, drug abuse and even suicide. And the truth is that many doctors simply arent equipped to deal with mental illness and pass the buck or throw pills at it.