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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stirfry" data-source="post: 1532521" data-attributes="member: 10055">My criticisms weren’t a diatribe for or against religion, science, the pharmaceutical industry or the medical profession in general. Medications help people, we all agree on that. I can only relate my experience, which was treatment for anxiety and depression, and not a more serious condition like schizophrenia or seizures.At any given time I was taking numerous anti-depressants and anxiolytics at the direction of my psychiatrist. They did nothing except cause a litany of serious side effects, and even worse withdrawal effects, that took years to resolve. I was still dealing with side effects two years after I stopped taking those pills. Some physicians and psychiatrists prescribe these things like candy without realizing their long term effects and without considering another alternative like simple exercise or a change in diet.</blockquote>