Posted by Christ_empowered on December 27, 2011, at 16:53:58
In reply to Lou's response-phuldhawul » Phillipa, posted by Lou PIlder on December 27, 2011, at 15:42:56
Antidepressants are now used by something like 10% of the US population. "Atypical" antipsychotics are widely prescribed for just about everything. Hopefully, cocktails are becoming less popular, but I don't know if that's the case.
I think psychiatrists and Big Pharma have overhyped meds, so people are being taught to think (thanks to direct-to-consumer drug ads in the US) that antidepressants are anti-sad pills or that Abilify really will brighten up your life. Its not that simple.
Personally, I'm thankful for Abilify most of the time. I still don't think of it as any kind of a miracle pill, because at the end of the day its just a relatively non-sedating tranquilizer that keeps agitation, psychosis, and mania at bay. I think the more serious your problem(s), the more you see the flaws in psychiatry and in the drugs the psychiatric system uses to "fix" people.
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