Hence my point about monitoring people who are prescribed these drugs. Anything which inhibits or stimulates production of chemicals in the brain stands a risk of having very nasty effects. Is 4% a high percentage of people to suffer side effects? Nasty for that 4% and their nearest and dearest, but that's 96% for whom presumably the drug is doing what it should be doing.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very wary about any medicines and I think you are right to be cautious - especially since it sounds as though you had a bad experience with it (heck, I can't take aspirin or Ibuprofen). I also think that seeing drugs as a miracle cure for depression etc. is dangerous - there is a tendency to give people pills nowadays which I don't agree with unless there is no other option. But isn't there also a danger of throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
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