NIH.GOV: Antidepressants and Violence-Problems at the Interface of Medicine & Law

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4. I agree

When I was a kid I was put on a medication that was supposed to work for my depression, it didn't, but I was told it was supposed to and sent on my way. I now have medication that WORKS.

The last thing we need is to demonize medication, I hate it when that line of thinking starts, it even makes me wonder if I am going to end up being considered a threat since I am being properly treated for depression. My father had heart disease, he got a valve replacement and it did not save his life, does that mean that valve replacements should be demonized? It saved his sister's life. Mental illness is a brain disease, until we face that fact we won't get anywhere. I lived a long time trying to go along with "it's all made up", a long miserable time. That's not helpful. The discussion should be more resources for mental illness not hatred toward medications that help huge numbers of people.