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Anyone read the book, "Toxic Psychiatry" by Peter Breggin MD. ? I'm not in any way qualified to give medical advice so what follows is just my paraphrasing and interpretations from what I've read: Thus it is up to everyone to seek expert medical care. There are so many horrible facts based on expert studies and reams of data revealed in his work! I'm only part way through the book but now I would never seek relief through anti-depressant drugs which work by blunting connections inside the brain to the frontal cortex - such blunting can easily become permanent to various degrees along with all sorts of other horrible and destructive side effects as seen and studied in depth by league's of doctors and medical scientists since the early 50's. And with certain doses of these types of drugs over time - which can vary a great deal from person to person - can effectively end up being equal to the chemical severance of the frontal cortex just as if a physical lobotomy had been performed on them! As brought up in the book it is very important to note and caution that anyone on anti-depressant drugs have medical supervision to get off of them ! And to also have psychological forms of help and support on multiple levels. my paraphrasing again.