More than two thirds of people taking antidepressants 'may NOT actually have depression'

[dixiegrrrrl]

Doctors discover many do not meet the official criteria

Study analysed those taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Found 69% did not meet the criteria for clinical depression
And 38% did not meet the criteria for other mental conditions like anxiety
Experts: 'Drugs are prescribed without an evidence-based diagnosis'

Antidepressants are also prescribed for other psychiatric disorders.

But the researchers found 38 per cent of those taking the drugs did not meet the criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia or generalised anxiety disorder either.

http://tinyurl.com/ldwr539

[postulater]

1. Not a surprise. nt

[NYC_SKP]

2. Just hand them some news about climate change or the chance of a Progressive winning the presidency.

And they'll become depressed in a hurry.

[RKP5637]

4. Yep!!! K&R! n/t

[olddots]

3. big pharma doesn't care as long as they string everyone one out

on one drug or another .

[Major Hogwash]

5. So?

Like this is news!

[totodeinhere]

16. The large percentage of people taking the drugs who don't really need them are

needlessly suffering from drug side effects which in the case of some anti-depressants can be quite severe.

[Wilms]

6. k&r n/t

[brewens]

7. I register donors at blood drives and one thing we do at that point is have them look over a list

of medications that may cause them to be deferred. Antidepressants aren't an issue but I get asked about those a lot. It really gives me an idication of how many people out there must be on that crap. Hardly a day goes by where say one out of 20 potential donors doesn't ask me about that. Probably more of them are on the shit but either don't ask or already know it's not a problem. Then only something like 5% of the population donates. In public, you are around people on antideppressants more often than not. It's gotta be bullshit! They created the demand there somehow. People never needed that before.

[Skittles]

14. I have donated 50 gallons of blood products

it always irks me when there is a disaster and all those folk who don't take the time to donate regularly suddenly all pile in to donate

[guillaumeb]

8. cui bono

to whom the benefit?

See the link below to see how profitable these drugs are for Big Pharma and tell me what the answer is.

http://www.statista.com/statistics/242644/revenues-of-top-depression-drugs-in-the-us-2011-2012/

[safeinOhio]

9. They gave me the shakes

And that did depress me.

[niyad]

10. hmmm, you think? when big pharma itself admits that nearly 2/3 of all anti-depression med

users get no relief??

[totodeinhere]

17. You have hit on the real reason why this happens. Those drugs are a big

source of profits for the pharmaceutical industry. And of course that is why so many drugs, not just anti-depressants, are over prescribed.

[niyad]

19. sad, but so very true.

[BrotherIvan]

11. And they are dangerous to get off

Why not build up your seratonin instead?

[VanillaRhapsody]

12. and Depression is not the ONLY reason to take antidepressants

there are many many others...

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. Correct..

I take a very low dose of a generic anti-depressant, for post-shingle pain. Works just fine. Considered an "off label" use, but I have since found that it has several off label uses.
Plus is cheap as hell...something like 10.00 for 90 days supply.

[marlakay]

13. You barely say your having a bad week and doctor offers them

I have had a stressful life and they have tried to put me on them. I took some for a few weeks once I know not long enough but I felt no better and thought this is big pharma trying to pull one on all of us and I have never taken any since.

I am not sure what the answer is but I have seen my husband who has depressive episodes and what works best for him is pot. It totally calms him down and makes him happy and when it wears off the episode is gone.

[Man from Pickens]

15. they have an awesome side effect though

If you're taking anti-depressants, you'll never ever revolt no matter how crushing and injust the circumstances you find yourself in

Win-win for the corporatocracy!