Today, in my Googling adventures, I learned that antidepressants may increase the risk of suicide in persons under 25.
What constitutes depression? When do the blues transcend moodiness to venture into the realm of "clinical disorder"? How do you know whether you need Jesus (figuratively speaking) or Cymbalta? How does an intelligent, logical person living an ordinary (by most standards, at least) life contemplate suicide? I know I'd never have the balls. I can get pretty, pretty sad sometimes. Ignorance is...you know the rest. With heightened awareness and knowledge comes an increased sense of melancholy helplessness. Who is going to feed starving kids around the world? When is whatever war we're fighting going to end? Why does my boyfriend act like an asshole sometimes? Who is going to do my fucking Physics homework tonight so that I don't fail this damn class? Why doesn't Shoppers have green grapes?! There are so many different degrees of sadness that can be caused by any and everything, really.
How did society reach a point where the "cure" could be more detrimental than the illness it was intended to alleviate or eradicate? Chemotherapy for cancer, antidepressants for depression...next thing you know, Proactiv may cause acne, Slim Fast may cause weight gain, and daily usage of Orthotricyclen may result in pregnancy.
I think we are programmed as a society to diagnose. This is an E.R. nation where we rush to the hospital every time we slip, fall, and bruise our knee. This is the era of paranoia and WebMD. We Google our symptoms and believe every Yahoo! Answer about our health that any idiot in America has written. We get doctors to sign off on papers allowing us to go through life medicated. In this day and age, sobriety gives us the worst hangover. And the meds prescribed for THAT may increase the risk of suicide in persons under 25.
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agreed. and when has sadness ever been a problem for humans? its just a phase or sign that change is needed.
ReplyDeletei seriously think i'm depressed. i fucked around and smoked all of my own shit just to keep from feeling like a lonely idiot and now i'm a broke, lonely, idiot without resources. i wanted to blog about it but thats too public to disclose that information, twitter is a no-go...and i don't really know any person who could turn a sentiment like so into some type of positive conversation. so...it ended up here.
ReplyDeletepeace.
i love you.
ReplyDeletethe sentiment is reciprocal. always
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