Highly addictive- Horrifying detox- can't abruptly get off them and could cause death if you do. Electrical like shocking nerve effects. Must do a  slow wean- sometimes over a year or more. Screws up natural serotonin effects. Weight gain in many . Loss of normal emotive abilities like crying, etc. Flat personality. Dangerous stuff.

I am really worried that when China cuts off the meds what the US will be like off antidepressants.
Mad Max on steroids.
Some SSRI's are more dangerous than others- Paxil and Zoloft are some of the worse.

Ditto Josefa 100%. Some doctors are starting to question the whole serotonin-deficit hypothesis anyway, it may turn out to be one more example of following shaky science toward its lucrative ends for Big Pharma.

Start with nutrition (especially good sources of magnesium, zinc, and B vitamins, and cut out seed oils and excess sweets), daily exercise -- even just a quick walk -- out in the fresh air and sunshine for Vitamin D, and better sleep: try to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier too. Sometimes that will be enough to begin to improve a person's ability to deal with everyday difficulties. It won't automatically make troubles go away, but it does help a person to perceive life more clearly.

And don't forget prayer! Our Mother of Perpetual Help, and Mary, Undoer of Knots are recommended, and the Psalms too.

Ditto Josefa 100%. Some doctors are starting to question the whole serotonin-deficit hypothesis anyway, it may turn out to be one more example of following shaky science toward its lucrative ends for Big Pharma.

Start with nutrition (especially good sources of magnesium, zinc, and B vitamins, and cut out seed oils and excess sweets), daily exercise -- even just a quick walk -- out in the fresh air and sunshine for Vitamin D, and better sleep: try to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier too. Sometimes that will be enough to begin to improve a person's ability to deal with everyday difficulties. It won't automatically make troubles go away, but it does help a person to perceive life more clearly.

And don't forget prayer! Our Mother of Perpetual Help, and Mary, Undoer of Knots are recommended, and the Psalms too.

Indeed! Eggs, bad. Sun, bad. Fat, bad. Sugar, bad. Fruit, bad. Fiber bad. Chemo, good. Radiation, good. Vaccines, good. Pharmaceuticals, good. 

I heard just the other day that they now think a torn ACL heals itself over time. I tore mine and was pressured to have it surgically repaired, as in "it will never heel and you'll need knee replacement ultimately."

As I don't want human jerky in my body, I told them to get lost.

Gee, almost fifteen years later, still walking.