WTF is up with psych meds?

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for depression or suicidality?

I think I had both, I don't think anti-depressants would have worked if my depression was just emotional. I was suicidal from my depression off and on for four years, and have been trying to get on a good anti-depression for around two. I'm finally on the right dosage, and it's helping me be able to focus on working through my emotional mess. It took a while, and one medication did make me even more suicidal then I already was. I support anti-depressants because they've helped me so much and know that for a lot of people, they also help them. Nothing is fool-proof though, and you need to be monitored when going on these medications.

heh, it took me 7 years to find an anti-depressant that worked

i cant even honestly say that it works. i'm still rather boring, i'm just not...sad, y'know. doesn't mean i'm happy.

they're a huge scam, really. medicene can't cure depression, no matter what medicene you put in your body your problems may still exist.

Antidepressants have been improved over the years in waves, from potentially harmful MAOI's, through intersting tricyclics to our current SSRI's. None of them are perfect, they're just cash cows for drug companies, and meager alternatives to .50 Caliber Aspirin.

One of the problems with these drugs is the fact that depression is rarely a disorder of itself, it's usually caused by several other factors, which no drug can magically fix. They can make everything a little brighter, but what really needs to change is one's perception in order to be happy.

I hate the anti-depression med ads, for many reasons. They're often really cheesy. And for some reason, I often get the feeling the actors in them have never been depressed... But maybe that's just me.

As for the meds themselves, I won't take them.