Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs
I think that the United States is getting better about dealing with mental health, but we still have a long way to go. This is a little soap-boxy and anecdotal, and I apologize if it&#x27;s inappropriate here.<p>If I hadn&#x27;t gotten a prescription for Prozac I probably would have killed myself by now. And I definitely would have destroyed my marriage and most of my important friendships. That&#x27;s not an over-dramatization, it&#x27;s the honest truth just based on the direction my life was heading without them.<p>If you can&#x27;t make your own neurotransmitters, store bought are fine. I&#x27;m not writing this to say &quot;RARGH YOU MUST USE THESE DRUGS&quot;, but I absolutely am writing it to say &quot;hey, this worked for me and got me out of a really dark and bad place&quot;. If you are reading this from a dark and bad place, please know that you&#x27;re not alone. You have a lot of options, and I promise that if you take that first step, things can get better.