For drug companies, antidepressants are one of the great success stories. Starting in the early 1960s, and especially over the past 30 years, drug manufacturers have pulled in hundreds of billions of dollars (that's with a B, and also USD) from these products. Starting from a low base of 1% in about 1990, increasing numbers of adults take these drugs regularly, and generally in the long to very long term. In Australian, it's now about 12% of adults take them but in the UK, it's nearly 16% of adults. What's happened? Have we all turned into sad parodies of The Man from Snowy River or The Drover's Wife, delicately reflecting on our sorry state in life when, in fact, we've never had it so good?
Thank you Niall, an excellent review of the current situation on antidepressants, All of what you have said is what I observe everyday. In the vast majority of new referrals to me, they are on antidepressants and have been for many years but continue to suffer chronic depressive states. This simply propagates the impression that depression is a chronic illness. The truth is that treatment has turned it into a chronic illness.
Thank you Niall, an excellent review of the current situation on antidepressants, All of what you have said is what I observe everyday. In the vast majority of new referrals to me, they are on antidepressants and have been for many years but continue to suffer chronic depressive states. This simply propagates the impression that depression is a chronic illness. The truth is that treatment has turned it into a chronic illness.
A/Prof Carolyn Quadrio
Consultant Psychiatrist
Another great read on here. Seriously, “discontinuation syndrome”? Get’s me every time. Smoking gun.
I'm going to be referencing this post in the future.
You might find this interesting from last week:
Brook Jackson v. Pfizer: The Biggest Whistleblower Case In American History - Viva & Barnes
https://rumble.com/v2c0cqc-brook-jackson-v.-pfizer-the-biggest-whistleblower-case-in-american-history-.html