Jim Carrey Clears Up His Stance on Antidepressants

[Guest guest]

Jim Carrey Clears Up His Stance on Antidepressants

By White for People Magazine. http://is.gd/cniF

Funnyman Jim Carrey continues to speak out about a very serious

issue – the best way to treat depression.

" There are a lot of different ways to skin a cat, " the actor,

46, told PEOPLE at Wednesday's Yes Man premiere in L.A. " It's

important to think on our own. "

Carrey – who has long been open about his own battles with

depression – says he's the happiest he's ever been thanks to vitamin

supplements. Too often, he claims, people think anti-depressants are

the only answer.

" I think the medical establishment we're presented with, it's a

system, " said the comedian. " They're taught a certain thing. There is

drug company money that goes into the educational system. I'm saying

you have to look outside that, and consider the other possibilities

for people. "

In the end, he said, " It's important that there are alternatives. "

Carrey made similar comments to CNN's Larry King on Monday

night, wading into potentially controversial territory. Most notably,

he said he " didn't disagree " with Tom Cruise's infamous condemnations

of prescription medications.

" I think Prozac and things like that are very valuable to people

for short periods of time, " he said on the show. " But I believe if

you're on them for an extended period of time, you never get to the

problem. "

Carrey was joined at the premiere by girlfriend McCarthy –

who has also been an outspoken proponent of alternative medical

treatments for her son, Evan, who suffers from Autism.

The couple will have a " small Christmas " this year, Carrey said,

noting that dinner will probably include " turkey genocide of some sort. "

[Guest guest]

OMG. I knew somehow his comments would be considered controversial.

Why do we act like medications and mainstream medicine is freaking

sacred or something? It's pathetic how people are brainwashed on this

issue. I loved what he said on Larry King Live and I look forward to

him speaking out more about this and writing a book on the subject as

he told Larry King he was going to do.

I have to say I thought Tom Cruise was a flake until I heard him go

off about medications and things like ADHD on the Today show 2 years

ago. I started to like him again after that. Though the rest of the

world seemed to think he was a total Scientological nut job.

Ironically, since he has a new movie out, he was back on the Today

show this past week apologizing to Matt Lauer for his behavior on

that show.

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> Jim Carrey Clears Up His Stance on Antidepressants

>

> By White for People Magazine. http://is.gd/cniF

>

> Funnyman Jim Carrey continues to speak out about a very

serious

> issue – the best way to treat depression.

> " There are a lot of different ways to skin a cat, " the actor,

> 46, told PEOPLE at Wednesday's Yes Man premiere in L.A. " It's

> important to think on our own. "

> Carrey – who has long been open about his own battles with

> depression – says he's the happiest he's ever been thanks to vitamin

> supplements. Too often, he claims, people think anti-depressants are

> the only answer.

> " I think the medical establishment we're presented with, it's

a

> system, " said the comedian. " They're taught a certain thing. There

is

> drug company money that goes into the educational system. I'm saying

> you have to look outside that, and consider the other possibilities

> for people. "

> In the end, he said, " It's important that there are

alternatives. "

> Carrey made similar comments to CNN's Larry King on Monday

> night, wading into potentially controversial territory. Most

notably,

> he said he " didn't disagree " with Tom Cruise's infamous

condemnations

> of prescription medications.

> " I think Prozac and things like that are very valuable to

people

> for short periods of time, " he said on the show. " But I believe if

> you're on them for an extended period of time, you never get to the

> problem. "

> Carrey was joined at the premiere by girlfriend

McCarthy –

> who has also been an outspoken proponent of alternative medical

> treatments for her son, Evan, who suffers from Autism.

> The couple will have a " small Christmas " this year, Carrey

said,

> noting that dinner will probably include " turkey genocide of some

sort. "

>

[Guest guest]

Actually, Carrey said he DIDN'T disagree with Cruise in many ways:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/16/q.a.jim.carrey/

Carrey: Well, that's another thing. You know at the risk of like

opening up the whole Tom Cruise Prozac argument, you know, I don't

disagree in many ways. I think Prozac and things like that are very

valuable to people for short periods of time. But I believe if you're

on them for an extended period of time, you never get to the problem.

You never get to see what the problem is, because everything is just

kind of OK. And so, you don't deal. And people deal when they get

desperate.

Pretty gutsy.

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> Jim Carrey Clears Up His Stance on Antidepressants

>

> By White for People Magazine. http://is.gd/cniF

>

> Funnyman Jim Carrey continues to speak out about a very

serious

> issue – the best way to treat depression.

> " There are a lot of different ways to skin a cat, " the actor,

> 46, told PEOPLE at Wednesday's Yes Man premiere in L.A. " It's

> important to think on our own. "

> Carrey – who has long been open about his own battles with

> depression – says he's the happiest he's ever been thanks to vitamin

> supplements. Too often, he claims, people think anti-depressants are

> the only answer.

> " I think the medical establishment we're presented with, it's

a

> system, " said the comedian. " They're taught a certain thing. There

is

> drug company money that goes into the educational system. I'm saying

> you have to look outside that, and consider the other possibilities

> for people. "

> In the end, he said, " It's important that there are

alternatives. "

> Carrey made similar comments to CNN's Larry King on Monday

> night, wading into potentially controversial territory. Most

notably,

> he said he " didn't disagree " with Tom Cruise's infamous

condemnations

> of prescription medications.

> " I think Prozac and things like that are very valuable to

people

> for short periods of time, " he said on the show. " But I believe if

> you're on them for an extended period of time, you never get to the

> problem. "

> Carrey was joined at the premiere by girlfriend

McCarthy –

> who has also been an outspoken proponent of alternative medical

> treatments for her son, Evan, who suffers from Autism.

> The couple will have a " small Christmas " this year, Carrey

said,

> noting that dinner will probably include " turkey genocide of some

sort. "

>