Why Are Happy People Prescribed Antidepressants?

[Guest guest]

Despite all the evidence that antidepressants provide no meaningful

benefit, many doctors reflexively turn to them anyway, even

prescribing them for healthy people without emotional problems,

according to this disturbing CNN REPORT.

(Prior to Fibromyalgia,I would have never considered myself

depressed! Yet, with all the symptoms of chronic pain and my GRIEF

over the loss of the life I once had, made my doctors run for the

prescription pad and write out an SSRI!

I assume that is why ANTIDEPRESSANTS don't work for many of us! We

are not REALLY clinically depressed/and or never have been!)

Anyway, The thrust of the report is a personal story about a 29-year-

old political lobbyist who was prescribed Wellbutrin -- one of 10

antidepressants cited in a FDA advisory last year for prompting

signs of suicidal behavior -- more than two years ago to help him

quit smoking.

Even though the lobbyist isn't depressed or smoking, he's been

taking Wellbutrin ever since, a dangerous habit considering there's

little knowledge about the drug's long-term effects.

Fact is, there's absolutely no need to rely on an antidepressant to

quit smoking, Aside from complete abstinence -- a tough thing for

most folks -- the best and most and effective way to work with

addictions and your out-of-control emotions is to learn how to use a

are coping tools that you can incorporate into your daily life.

(The world largest study into depression shows that the RIGHT kind

of psychotherapy IS the most effective treatment for depression even

the most severe. That's not even taking into account the vast

ammount of evidence accumulating about the effect of diet and

nutrition on mood disorders!!

The appropriate question is who benefits from the use of

antidepressants. Its certainly not the patient. The manufacturers do

rather well thought!)