Are anti-depressants as effective as people seem to think? Is there a natural supplement that works?

I am writing a research paper on anti-depressants and would like to hear some first hand experiences. I am wondering if there is any natural and equally effective remedies. I am also curious how long you, or someone you know, has been taking these drugs to help with depression? What age you were when prescribed the medication, side effects that have cause discomfort, and what you feel like on the medication? I am trying to argue that people on these drugs, often times, feel worse than they did before and that we are in this new “Generation Rx”. I feel that these drugs are pushed onto people of all ages and there are healthy alternatives to consider. What I am trying to prove is that these so called doctors are just writing prescriptions for everyone, without considering all of the options.
Please only reply with useful information based on experience.
Thank you.

I’ve been on both sides of the fence. I’ve been to a variety of doctors. I’ve been taking anti-depressants for about 10 years now, since I was 26. I’ve had depression ever since I can remember. How I feel on the drugs depends on the drug. 1st and 2nd drugs felt the same. I felt much more stable, but slightly zombified. Eventually I had to go without due to my insurance and it was as painful as could be. When I got insurance again, I went back to drug 2 for a while, then switched to drug 3 due to the sexual side effects and how it was affecting my marriage. Drug 3 made me happy, but more angry and more anxious, so the doctor added drug 4, which helped to calm that out and then added drug 5 for when things got really bad. I did that for about a year and then decided to switch doctors. The new doc had me go to drug 4, but with a couple natural supplements. That wasn’t too bad, but still not as good as drug 1 and 2. So I decided to take my chances on St. John’s Wort. That had about the same effect as drug 3 by itself, which wasn’t good at all. So here I am, back at drug 2, still with the sexual side effects, but much happier overall. I’ve also recently started supplementing my drug 2 with some drug 6, which is not legal in my state, and it calms me out a bit when I’m feeling stressed, but isn’t all that needed (Just had a week without it when I was on vacation and had no problems).

I would say that your overall impression of the anti-depressants is wrong. But that’s just my opinion.

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