All the commercials I hear on the radio or see on TV really piss me off. First off everyone has ups and downs in their lives, no matter what. So people who might just not be doing so well at the moment might go do a doctor, ask about a drug, and get prescribed something when they're really not depressed. In fact I think most anti-depressants don't even work that well and have bad side-effects, I don't know about you but I wouldn't want a foreign chemical in my brain. Not to mention placebos work about as well.
I admit some people are really messed up and do need certain drugs to level them out, but it's getting out of hand, the drug companies aren't out to help people anymore, they're out to make a profit.
2006-11-28 05:56:50 · 10 answers · asked by Nick T 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
My friend got put on an anti-depressant because she couldn't sleep, technically it's one of the reasons it's prescribed, but wow, is that not over the top?
2006-11-28 06:01:12 · update #1
Yes, I think that anti-depressants are way overprescribed. I think that medicine in general is overprescribed these days. I believe that there are lots of people that genuinely need anti-depressants and other kind of medicines, but not at the rate that we're prescribing them.
2006-11-28 06:03:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, even my psych teacher admitted that if you're a female and you go to your yearly gyno apt. and tell your dr. that you're a little sad lately she'll just write a scrip without a second thought. And yes I agree they are perscribed too often, mostly bec. America is all about poppping pills to solve any problem. I think some drugs don't even really do anything, people just believe they do so they feel better anyway. The "placebo effect".....
2006-11-28 06:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by Heathertogo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you're asking is according to the person. People are individuals, with different issues and problems. Yes, some do not need to be given anything at all. Yet, those people are consulting with Doctors who have PhDs for this type of work. I went thru a postpartum and I still need two kinds of medicines to keep me balanced and enjoying life ! (Brooke Shields went thru the same thing and look at how the medicines has helped her.)
2006-11-28 06:25:39 · answer #3 · answered by hey, "Leese" 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the day and time of society there is always a way to get what ever drug you want because they are advertised so much and if you don't have a good doctor you will probably get that drug so yes I feel this problem is getting out of control but, at the same time it's showing that there are problems out there that we don't know about and maybe start to investigate.
2006-11-28 06:18:27 · answer #4 · answered by Heather J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I agree. There is a book called Artificial Happiness:The Dark Side of the New Happy Class. It's by Ronald W. Dworkin. It's about this very subject. Check it out.
2006-11-28 06:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by Jester 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ailment market in u . s . a . of america works tirelessly to promote its severe priced products. extra money is spent on promoting and promotion using all sorts of medication then ever receives spent on study. melancholy is a goldmine for the ailment market; for this reason the large numbers of unhappy human beings clinically determined and aggressively treated with those poweful drugs. it really is extra a question of economics than wellness.
2016-10-16 10:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by hosfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the person. Some people actually need anti-depressants. Then there's some people that abuse the medicines for their own personal high.
2006-11-28 05:59:57 · answer #7 · answered by Babyface 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What should a person do If they become so depressed that they can't function?
2006-11-28 06:05:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes..But if a peson really needs it they should take it..Others just want to take it for wrong reasons..
2006-11-28 06:08:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that is their answer for everything now just give them a pill
2006-11-28 06:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by parrotsarenoisy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋