Kristina Yates 

I am a retired marriage and family therapist who believes in choice, the right to refuse treatment, and access to alternatives to the traditional mental health system.
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I knew it would come out that anti-depressants were bad for us one day. I have been resisting the pressure to take anti-depressants for 25 years - one by one most of my friends fell, and they never got any happier. It never made any sense to me, science has come a long way since stealing cadavers and trying to do alchemy and everything, but unpronounceable drugs for the feelings? That Drs give you? And you don't know what's in them and they do stuff to your brain? No thank you....I'm good with the depression, those pills sound really dodgy.

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It is preposterous to think that a medication can decrease the emotion of sadness but have no effect on positive emotions. Sadness may be a signal to change something in your life.

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As a long time antidepressant user I must say it is one of the most precise descriptions of the 'symptomology' af taking antidepressants. "The same old problems, but I do not care any more" is an almost entirely overlook feature of antidepressants, and often it is not obvious to the patient. Thank you for this article. I am now a subscriber.

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Thank you I love this. Please can we have more therapists & doctors like you x

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Thank you Sarah; your explanation on withdrawal symptoms is useful! I am the chairperson of the Dutch Association Tapering Medication and work voluntarely more than fulltime helping patients to come off their psychoactive meds in a safe way. I surely will recommand reading you article!

Why I'm not a big fan of antidepressants