You have to drink until your depression is fully kräusened.
Then don’t state it as a “fact”. And I’d rather die from “legal drug use” (unlikely) than die from a seizure. Hope you never have one.
First: I’ve been playing with both hypnotics and anti-depressants for over 10 years.
My impression of brain meds: hit or miss for each individual.
If it works for you, then good for you and, especially, good for your doc.
But NEVER take a med without google “drug name side effect contraindications”. There are some scary side-effects that apply to just about every one - learn to filter those and look out for things like “brain damage” and “death” (Triazalom (Halcion)) which I took without checking.
Any half-decent doctor will go over the side effects with you, and will know if you’re taking other medications that could interfere with a new one. Every single medication in the world has side effects, and it just comes down to risk vs benefit in every individual case. The important thing is to inform yourself enough so that you can bring your concerns up to your doctor and have confidence that you’re making the right decision for your care. It’s a balance.
The doc had prescribed the drug previously, and it works wonders. It never occurred to him to look at long-term side effects. This was before the info was in every doctor’s pocket.
He was properly appalled when he finally realized what he had done. Doesn’t help me.
Over the years I have tried many of them with little effect, but the medical consensus is that this is because they are really not effective for mild to moderate depression. Just a waste of money. Most of the improvement seems to come from the belief that treatment is being given, not from the treatment itself.
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/02/01/are-antidepressants-really-that-ineffective/