I Am Against Antidepressants

I have no comment about other peoples' opinions and choices in this matter, but my personal choice is that I am adamantly against antidepressants.  My reasons are quite simple:1. My Mom tried many different types, and none helped...

I am a mental health worker, and I see how much antidepressants help people.  Plus I have been taking Zoloft for nearly ten years.  I weaned off of it last year and did not take it for over a month.  I thought that maybe...

Hello,

I've been on antidepressants for at least 10 years now and don't want to be on them the rest of my life. My regular family doctor prescribed them as there is a history of depression in my family.

I also went to a psychiatric...

I am a Londoner who had a mildly stressful summer with normal work pressures and a gf i was trying to end it with. I was told by someone who doesn't know me very well to go see this therapist, very expensive, who was linked to a v...

i'm a diagnosed manic depressive, which EVERYONE is, and i refuse to go on them. instead of pills, how about listening to me?

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When I was adopted at age 10, I didn't bond quickly with my parents, I struggled with the transition, and I struggled to get good grades. My parents took me to a doctor who diagnosed me with ADD. I was started on a regimen of Adderall...

In the late 90's I was prescribed antidepressants. I was having a difficult time at my 12 year job and my doctor suggested depression and I started on Zoloft, I think. After a month on the drug, I quit my job and felt remarkably...

Here's the scoop: I used to take them myself. I took Effexor and Welbutrin. I was on Paxil for a while, and tried Zoloft.

I started having major problems with depression when I got in a very serious relationship which wasn't very...

I took Zoloft once. I was about 16. I felt very overwhelmed by life at the time. My doctor practically forced me to take it. I took it for about a month then I started feeling like all of my emotions where in a bottle... I couldn't cry...

I don't really feel like getting in to it right now, but I was on anti-depressants for a little over a year, and I'm very happy that I'm no longer taking them. I just don't think it's necessary, and I think the way they're prescribed is...

I do not like anti-depressant use for the long term, because people who have had clinical depression for over six months need intense therapy from reputable psychologists, not be drugged up on drugs that are often unnatural, and toxic...

I've been totally against them from the dawning of my first depression bout, when I was 15. I have NEVER wanted to be on them. I tried Prozac and Zoloft around my freshmen/sophomore year in H.S. they drove me absolutely insane...

"Just as physical pain prevents us from burning ourselves if we get too close to a fire, perhaps mental pain, too, serves a purpose, such as motivating us to change life situations..." (Newman 281)

I feel that things...

I don't have a personal story. That's actually my point, I don't want to wait until my child is the victim of "another school shooting" before I have a story to tell about the adverse side effects of anti-depressants. It doesn't take a...

First of all, I am not against antidepressants for the short term or for those who are severely depleted in serotonin. It is true that there is a chemical imbalance in people who are depressed or have trauma disorders. I would know...

I have very personal reasons for being against these. I used to be a big proponent of drugs.  I had the "if it makes you feel better - take the pills" attitude all my life.  All that has changed since I've seen 2 people I know and...

I got put on aintidepressants for the first time 6years ago I was 16 at the time.. Overdosed on a ton of white pills (asprin I found out later) and got sent to the psyc ward yay... too bad they don't have the straight jackets and padded...

I think the problem is that all though it has become common practice these days, most of these drugs were created, intended for, and are only effective for short term use.The people prescribing them are using them just to maintain. My...

I have anxiety.. I can hardly leave the house without having a panic attack my antidepressants help me have a normal life..for the people who are against them for reason which seem to be you do not like how they feel ever consider new...