self-engineering carpentry?

Most of my friends are on antidepressants. I know they help a lot of people but I believe they are addictive. Thank God I've been able to cope without them.

It seems to me that people who are prescribed Prozac are doomed to a lifetime of anti-depressants instead of a treatment plan with includes being weaned off the drug. I like the idea of the "carpentry for the soul"

Awesome clip-topic.

I disagree. I grew up in the household of mentally ill people who went untreated. It led to us going to foster care, long-term poverty, neglect, and sometimes mistreatment. I take my meds religiously because I never want to endanger my family in the same way. They may not work for everyone, but they have been wonderful for me. My brother who committed suicide in 1996 at the age of 23 never wanted to take meds either. I think people are too cavalier about dismissing their importance for real mental illness.

Good for you dmegivern. You are active in helping treat yourself and you should be commended. This is a real sore spot with me, the fact that there is still some stigma associated with mental illness. I just wish modern medicine wasn't so far behind in the treatment of mental illness.