[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I never said it was shameful to take drugs, and I never intimated that they don't work for some people, but Doctors do hand out drugs a bit too quickly at times, for instance about 15 years ago they used to routinely hand out Ritalin to kids with ADHD when many didn't need it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23674235

I agree tablets are handed out too quickly. As most people know on here I lost my mum 3 years ago quite suddenly. I struggled massively with not getting my head round it and went to the docs as everyone said that was the best thing to do. I left my appointment 5 minutes later with a prescription for Citalopram when really I needed a referral to bereavement counselling. The tablets regulated my mood yes (after the most horrific 2 weeks where I felt 100% worse). I never dealt with the bereavement and to a degree dont think I have done yet but I took myself off the tablets after 2+ years.

I suffered with anxiety in the past (brought.on by my own actions but that's another story) so whether the doctor looked at my records and thought this was related I don't know but what I had was massive sadness and unreleased grief, not depression and I think had I spoken with a counsellor I wouldn't have needed tablets.