Antidepressants: for or against?

I'm against them from myself because they didn't make me any happier but I think it takes a couple of medication tries to find the one that works well. I also believe the SSRI I was taking is accountable for hairloss i'm experiencing now. It some cases they can be addictive and overall unhealthy.

I think there are probably cases of doctors prescribing all sorts of medicine that really are uneceasary. I was on anti-depressants from age 5 until I was a teenager. I don't think it was appropriate or necessary at the time. The case seemed to me to be that my mother felt I must be depressed and forced the doctor to have me medicated. On the other hand, a few years back, I came to the realization I was depressed and at a physical, told my doctor. He recommended therapy, which I cant afford. But he also just took my word for how I was feeling, which isn't good. Hypochondriacs must have loved him. In my experience, antidepressants are wonderful. I cant afford therapy, which I do need, but I can afford mess which make me feel better until one day I gt to he herapist's office. Even with therapy, I likely will always need to be on he meds. Therapy doesn't necessarily make a person not depressed anymore.

I feel as though they are useful to some and detrimental to others. If there are outside sources causing you to become really sad and down, etc., then antidepressants will most likely have no positive effects. If you have real depression, due to a chemical imbalance in your brain, then they can do wonders for you. I have been on antidepressants for years now and can't function without them, and have done experiments with them and found that I actually needed them and they weren't a placebo effect. But many psychiatrists will throw diagnoses at people and prescribe them things because drug companies give them some profit just for prescribing them.

That song by Emily Haines pretty much sums it up.