Well funny how I dont know anyone on them in this country and most the people on this board who are posting from america are on them. Its like doctors in America choping off little babies cock ends. Doctors do it but it doesnt make them right. Doctors are doctors no matter what state they are from they are still going to perscribe on the same grounds. What youre saying is just stupid, youre saying that every A.D perscription is right for that person? Thats bull shit and you know it. I bet over half the cases could be cured just through councling. I have done some research and it says that over 40% of americans have been on anti depressants. So youre saying that 40% of americans all have imbalances making them depressed? BULL SHIT! looks like youre the nation of red white and "blue" ho ho ho. Also A.D's have been said to make people fatter. Yeah and getting fat makes people really happy, NOT. What youre saying is complete shit. A.D's should only be used when nothing else can be done. A.D's are a serious drug and shouldnt be handed out like fucking candy to 40% of the country. The fact is Americans have it easy and with some people once a stupid tiny thing goes wrong their life is over to them.
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If youre on AD's...
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40%?? Where's your research? You have a very flawed way of looking at things...maybe you should lay off the alcohol and weed for a while. Oh and the Admin of this site is on them...and I believe he's British too
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Antidepressants are probably overprescribed here, because prescribing them is the easiest thing for doctors to do. Insurance plans are progressively less willing to pay for psychological counseling. But for a lot of people (perhaps not including so many teens), they are literally a life saver. I don't know how much that's due to a placebo effect and how much it's due to the drug's chemical action.I have friends from the U.K. who relocated to the U.S., and who's young daughter was treated in Boston (at a top medical center) for a type of leukemia. The hospital had good counseling programs for the parents and the child. The parents were impressed. The mom said that they are far less oriented toward counseling (and I assume psychological matters in general) in the U.K. It's a "stiff upper lip" thing. To me that just means more suffering.(Side note: The girl has been cancer-free for well over five years...she's as healthy as can be.)
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Yeah, the Brits sure do have stiff upper lips... but their lower ones can get quite juicy....HIJACK ALERT
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Actually, where I live in the UK I find a lot of people on anti-depressants - young people at around the age of 14-16. Here they are very much given out, I'm not sure why as my sister knows about 10 people in her school year who are taking them for the stress of exams. It's not exactly my business to speculate and accumulate this info.
A lot of people in this town are on the dole. This town has no or very little shops to look at, places to visit - we're an dying industrial town. Very working class and very rough in most places. So on that, it's understandable that people get depressed and stressed to do well in the exams so they can actually get out of this place.
I've suffered depression a few years aswell as an anxiety disorder and not once have I received any long term medication. This is put simply down to the fact that they will not give this to me. The reason for this is, as my doctor was actually saying, was that at one point they overpresribed a lot of AD's to people and they were told to put tight lid on them for people that were severely unwell. I didn't class into that caetegory according to the doctor.
So as you can see it varies; where others have got them for lesser reasons and I have not.
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Mean while, due to being unable to get AD's, I've been thinking that even if I did go on them I would probably be reliant on them - I've had this problem before with other things. Not necessarily saying that they all are addictive, but in my case they probably would be for me.
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No I did a search on google and dound a few sites with differant figures and that was the sort of average one. Just go on google and look for yourself. Im not saying antidepressnts are bad they are just over percribed. Some people DO need them and I'm not saying those people are pussies or anything for being on them. All I'm saying is that American doctors givbe them out alot because its easier and cheaper. Most British people dont have that "stiff upper lip" bull shit anymore. I talk to my friends all the time when they are feeling down and no one has any problems expressing how they feel. And whats the admin of the site being on antidepressants got to do with anything? British people ARE on antidepressants just not as many people as in the USA because not everyone needs them. I argree the helth care system in the usa is better but A.Ds are over perscribed. So answer me this, do you think that the majority of people on anti depresants should be on them? My point is that about half (note: i said half not all) of people shouldnt be on them because it could be delt with in other ways. So yeah answer it since you have failed to in any of the messages so far.
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No where did I see a figure close to 40%, and I do believe that the people that are on them should be on them. And as for the admin being British and on them, well you said previously you didn't know any British people on them, so I just thought I'd point one your way I don't think you have the slightest insight into the scientific depths of depression.
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Most British people dont have that "stiff upper lip" bull shit anymore.That wasn't the experience of my Scottish friends. Perhaps they have a deficient medical system that reflects a deficiency in the culture.Why do you think about people who are "addicted" to high blood pressure medicine? They might not want to take the pills every day, but might risk a serious stroke if they don't. Should they just get over their high blood pressure?It's possible that ADs are over-prescribed, but some people have a chemical imbalance that some of the ADs seem to fix. Sometimes ADs have had a profound effect on people who haven't improved from years of talk therapy.
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In reply to: I was on bolth wellbutrin xl and lexapro also. (one at a time)I was put on it, by a doctor, because I was really run down and couldnt sleep at night. They did put me in a better mood, I quit smoking, drinking, then my job, then the pills. I just used them to get by till I could figure out what the real problem was. same reasons for me
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woww....didnt think this would spark so much debate...
i dont know my medicines and stuff, but possum, i think you need to read into things a little more. My doctors are some of the most conservative I've ever seen when it comes to perscriptions, maybe i have good ones, i dont know. but i wouldnt just make an assumption about an entire of culture of doctors from an experience.
Just because you go and google a question about something doesnt make the answer the right one.
Oh and possum, when you cant sleep for days on end, you're paranoid about everythingy/ everyone, and counseling hasnt worked, I think ADs arent an overused option. -
Yeah well I never said they were bad I just said they were over perscribed. For some people they are good and some they are bad. Youre not a doctor either (or maybe you are i dunno) so if youre saying my opinion means jack because I'm not a doctor neither does yours. A.ds work wonders for some people but for others they are shit and pointless. Anyway I dont care this arguement is old and everyone is going over the same points over and over and not talking into account that I think they are good but they are just over perscribes. SO yer I dont care.
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first, im not a doctor, and i never said your opinion didnt mean anything, i just guess i took your initial reaction as an overreaction.
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Meh doesnt matter, no harm done.