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We do find ourselves in a chemically-dependent society. However, these chemicals are researched and are found to be effective. Yes, there is an argument that drug companies feed us these things to make money, but, these drugs have been seen to make a difference. It's difficult to justify what you're saying there. Yes, Prozac is a circuit breaker, and I'm sure it does have physical effects. But some people need that circuit broken. I don't know whether you've laid in bed at night and spent hours worrying about what's happened to you in the past, what interactions could have been handled better, what you should have said, what you could've done. These things are very important to us that suffer from depression. We'll analyse every single conversation, become paranoid, drive ourselves to complete character self-deprecation. We don't feel we're as able as the rest of the world. Everybody else seems to be coping so well with life, why aren't we? Easier said then done. Sometimes you find yourself drawn into a bad place, when all of your talents seem to escape you. You know you're good at this or that, but your motivation hits rock bottom. You think to yourself, we'll I'll stop taking them and then I'll get back on top of things, but you're fooling yourself because once you stop them, all the old insecurities come back, the paranoia returns, you're back at the doctors asking what's going on. It's very hard. Sorry to ramble. I know I'm a newbie. This conversation was just one that hit home this morning, so I joined in.