Thread: The Dangers of Anti-Depressant Drugs. Big Pharma

It seems like a lot of people who are are against anti-depressants have never taken it themselves and have no idea what they're talking about (especially how it feels to be on it). I had moderate depression and anxiety, and I was miserable. Hardly anything made me happy anymore and daily life always had a rough edge to it, like being dragged across asphalt or gravel with no protection for your skin, as you bleed and crumble away. Lexapro provided the protection. It took slow to finally start working, but eventually I got better. Now I feel like a normal person again, not drugged out or happy all the time, but normal, healthy, and depression never crosses my mind when it used to all the time before the drugs.

That's why people who say crap like this feel like a slap in the face to my health, as if they want people to just go on nothing, no protection, and suffer on their own in the meager hopes that exercise or meditation will do a god damned thing. Because trust me, it doesn't. I exercised on an elliptical every single day in the hopes that I'd feel better, before Lexapro, but I noticed no change. Now I know how my mom feels when she supports medication and bitterly hates people like my dad, who think natural alternatives are the best, and she suffered needlessly in pain and fear for years, also feeling guilty about it as if it was a character weakness and not a real biological condition.

Originally Posted by DeeryTheDeer

It seems like a lot of people who are are against anti-depressants have never taken it themselves and have no idea what they're talking about (especially how it feels to be on it).

Stopped reading right there. On the contrary, I feel the way I do about anti-depressants because I was subjected to them. Before taking them, I did believe they could improve my life. After taking them, I know better.

Originally Posted by cmind

Stopped reading right there. On the contrary, I feel the way I do about anti-depressants because I was subjected to them. Before taking them, I did believe they could improve my life. After taking them, I know better.

Just because they didn't do anything for you, doesn't mean that they don't help anyone. I'd also like to quote you on something you said earlier:

Originally Posted by cmind

Yeah well I started the same way you did, with my GP putting me on several different drugs, but my process has culminated in two things: I am now off all medications, and I now feel better than I ever have. I guess I didn't need the drugs after all. Oops.

If you feel better than you ever have after you were on (and then off) medication, how can you know for sure they didn't help?

Originally Posted by khh

Just because they didn't do anything for you, doesn't mean that they don't help anyone. I'd also like to quote you on something you said earlier:

I didn't say they didn't work as intended. They worked exactly as intended. They are intended to make you into a dissociated drug zombie that doesn't care about anything.

Originally Posted by khh

If you feel better than you ever have after you were on (and then off) medication, how can you know for sure they didn't help?

More like scared straight.

If an alcoholic hits rock bottom and that experience drives them to quit the alcohol, and in doing so, make their life better as they're forced to deal with their problems, would you say that the alcohol was a good thing for them? Pretty twisted logic, if you ask me.