Antidepressants - are they harmful?

[Vorpal]

The picture shows what particular chemicals in the brain regulate.

Dopamine is the most pleasurable. Opiates work as dope. Cocaine floods all three. Meth-norepinephrine and dope. MDMA- serotonin and norepinephrine.

Yeah, right, it was a bit unclear at first.
What about acid? Serotonin only?

[Vorpal]

Basically if you feel depressed, there must be a tangible reason for this, is not actually that your brain chemistry is fucked up. And doctors tell you the opposite; you cannot perform well and adapt to your daily life because your brain is fucked up. Instead of solving the real problem. What are the odds for the nature to create a self destructive organism? Not many eh? Fucking pseudo scientific pigs, they just want to sell their meds.

Hard to blame us, normal people for that shit, the doctors are supposed to actually help people, not help their own inhumane business expand.
One thing is really sick, they must be really rotten and immoral to give this shit to children.
Maybe they even fucked their own brains to the level they don't know anymore.
All for the money.

[Kazimiera]

Never been in any sort of mental hospital. I was diagnosed with a light depression after all, but I was having a really hard time in my life, both combined = tragedy.
I hope you are right, you must be!

What people don't realise is that after a tragedy it is COMPLETELY NORMAL to feel down. Periods of adjustment DO cause low mood, but its normally transient and lifts after things in your life have stabilised. Whilst anti-depressants can help during this adjustment period more often than not it resolves by itself. I think a lot of doctors don't hesitate to prescribe drugs because people want instant cures and many patients pressure doctors into this. We live a culture of instant gratification. If you can buy a car online in the click of a button, then getting rid of feeling blue at the pop of a pill isn't too much to ask (so goes the thinking of people). People (and doctors) need to realise that human beings are not machines where you can press a button and they are on or off.

Drugs should only be prescribed in moderate or severe circumstances.

[Breedingvariety]

What about acid? Serotonin only?

I don't know. I think it's something else. It's halucinogen. Not so much physically euphoric, if at all.

[Kale]

Yes they are bad. Zombie pills.

[El_Abominacion]

Trust me they're not worth it. I was on Prozac/Fluoxetine for over 3 years and the positives are minimal, if you have a negative mindset these aren't going to do shit apart from make you feel numb and useless. If you forget to take them for a day or two you'll spiral into mental hell and feel like committing suicide, and if that's not enough once you try to get off them, even slowly, you'll feel awful withdrawal symptoms for weeks. Been off them for over 2 months now and never felt better, meds are not the answer to internal negativity