I think these drugs are total horse ****. If you have personal problems, mankind needs to sort them out on their own. We don't need drugs to get our lives back on track. Especially how they force these things down children's throat. I should know, I took Straterra for 6 months when I was 14 and I didn't feel any difference. They even upped my dosage, nothing except a big gnawing depression that nearly threw me over the proverbial edge. My own sister took Zoloft, no effect. My Older cousin took Ritalin during High School, OD'd it and knocked her self out for several hours. Nearly a day actually. Depression is caused in most cases I've seen by lack of confidence. And the feeling of powerlessness. Here's what I did: I went to the weight room and did a little pumping to help my puny body and in a few short weeks, I managed to tone my body. I weigh 110 pounds and I can bench press about 2/3 of my own bodyweight. My confidence is rising, my grades are improving. And everyone else should try that. It would take down one of the most common causes for depression; obesity. Some fat people have little or no confidence in themselves. That's one of the many reason 66% of Americans are overweight or obese. Don't take mind-altering drugs like Zoloft or Ritlain, they are expensive, potentially dangerous, and have little or no effect on depression. Zoloft is not a magic pill that makes our woes go away, nor are alchohol or illegal drugs. So take it from me, drugs are not the way to go with dealing with depression. And besides the excercise would do people some good.
