Ask a Patient Opinion Poll

Why do you think the number of Americans taking antidepressants has doubled in the past ten years?

(Total Votes: 243)

more stress in society (33.7%)

influence of consumer advertising (22.6%)

over-diagnosis (32.1%)

not sure (0.8%)

other (list below) (10.7%)

• A sizeable amount of those using anti-depressants are, in my humble opinion, trying easy path-pill

• Doctors make money on it

• cholesterol-lowering drugs

• Statins

• stressful life everywhere. it is not a healthly thing.

• Unexplaind or undiagnosed diseas are attributed to depressiom.

• Insurance doesn't want to pay for therapy

• klonopin is a poison

• We inundated with the message that pills fix everything and they DON'T.

• Take a pill cheaper than talking therapy!

• It's hard to escape it.

• Big Pharma infulences most Doctors

• expansion

• Nutrition

• expansion of the universe

• instant gratification society - want everything right now vs. plan, instant media, graphic violence

• more access to helpful meds

• Demands for more and inability to judge Where to Stop?

• better availability of diganosis & treatment

• 24 hours is not enough for a working mom.

• information overload

• consumer education

• Poor diet and lack of exercise

• A: We all expect perfect health/happiness all of the time.

• all of the above

• Doctors shoving drugs at us

• All of the above

• Physicians read too much product propaganda and not enough about actual usage.

• Before all these drugs, people just had to learn to DEAL with their problems!!

• been there

• over perscribing by physicians