Yeah. The first anti-depressant they put me on (celexa) I built up a tolerance for, though they said that totally couldn't happen. And then when I had a massive triggering event, I broke out in hives for the first time in my life. But hey, I didn't get suicidal. In fact, I didn't feel much of anything at all. So then they put me on Welbutrin. That one gave me dreams so vivid that waking was a chore because the waking-world was so devoid of color compared to the dreams that I didn't want to be here. Plus it began having really weird effects on my natural body rhythms. Then there was prozac. Which basically had little to no effect. And then I was out of options because my insurance w...

Yeah. The first anti-depressant they put me on (celexa) I built up a tolerance for, though they said that totally couldn't happen. And then when I had a massive triggering event, I broke out in hives for the first time in my life. But hey, I didn't get suicidal. In fact, I didn't feel much of anything at all. So then they put me on Welbutrin. That one gave me dreams so vivid that waking was a chore because the waking-world was so devoid of color compared to the dreams that I didn't want to be here. Plus it began having really weird effects on my natural body rhythms. Then there was prozac. Which basically had little to no effect. And then I was out of options because my insurance won't cover anything else. Meanwhile I keep seeing advertisements in the doctor's office for Vagus Nerve Stimulation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve_stimulation) , because that's not at all horrifying.

As the article goes on to say," Depression is often portrayed as a brain disease – the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain. Most people are unaware that there is little direct evidence for the chemical imbalance theory. Instead, it is based largely on the supposed effectiveness of antidepressant medication." In fact, 20 years of research on, for instance the effects of increasing serotonin levels by medication refute the obscene claims promulgated by the pharmoindustries and their media dupes. (In fact medications which decrease serotnin levels are, in clinical trials, as effective as SSRIs). What all this points to is both an alarming trend towards a kitsch neuroscience with its con...

As the article goes on to say," Depression is often portrayed as a brain disease – the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain. Most people are unaware that there is little direct evidence for the chemical imbalance theory. Instead, it is based largely on the supposed effectiveness of antidepressant medication." In fact, 20 years of research on, for instance the effects of increasing serotonin levels by medication refute the obscene claims promulgated by the pharmoindustries and their media dupes. (In fact medications which decrease serotnin levels are, in clinical trials, as effective as SSRIs). What all this points to is both an alarming trend towards a kitsch neuroscience with its concomitant ideological and moral effects, and the dangerous gap opened up between scientific research and its distorted dissemination by popularisation in tabloid media outlets no matter how they may flatter their audiences that they are cutting edge,