Every day at school, Veronica peers bullied her because she was different. Veronica knew that they did not understand what she went through, except for one boy. That one boy, also suffered from depression and knew how hard her life was. Waking up was a struggle for her because she took Prozac, a medication used to treat a mental illness, and it made her feel like she was not alive (“Suicide and Antidepressants”). She would walk to the bathroom and just stare at her wrist. Veronica did not tell her mom or dad what she felt like when taking her medicine. As Veronica made her last cut on her wrist, and she made a mistake and cut her artery. The guy who was always nice to her, realized that she suffered from a mental disorder, called depression.
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Twenty-two years ago, a 65-year-old mother of two was prescribed Prozac, one of the dangerous antidepressants, and she believes that she will continue to take it until her final days of life are up (Naish). Georgina Wakefield, 65-year-old mother of two, along with many others are afraid to stop taking Prozac, Celexa, and Zoloft because of the after side effect. Twenty-five years ago the antidepressant, Prozac, was called the “bottle of sunshine” until the world found out the dark side of this prescription drug (qtd in Naish). During an interview Georgina Wakefield said, “This green-and-white pill has been a lifesaver. Somedays I have felt like taking my life multiple times while taking this pill. I have taken it for so long that I do not know what I would do without it. Taking antidepressants, alternates a person’s personality and his or her mood swings; however, this is what links to suicide and or suicide activity (qtd in Naish). The pill targets the part of the brain that does not control the depression and alternates the brain’s functions. As it targets everywhere but the depression it sends out signal that distributes the personality of the person into not feeling like him or herself. Although, not feeling like yourself is supposed to be a part of the mediation, this cause many people to lend on self-harm to cure the pain also (Peterson 12). …show more content…
It does not matter how old or young a person is; anybody can be diagnosed with depression or major depression. Although many people can say that his or her depression can happen with a “blue” moment, which is very common. There can be many other leading mental disorders and illnesses that can lead to depression. Many people believed that antidepressant are an “easy way” out to treating depression. The FDA did not believe that there was enough information to give antidepressants a black-box warning. Finally, when the FDA released the black-box warning, they put out public health measures. People thought that antidepressant worked extremely well, until him or her found out the bad side effects that went along with it. The more and more that these antidepressants were given out, the rate of suicide increased along with them. After, the black-box warning was first issued, the FDA monitors those antidepressants today. As the common practices started back up with the Food and Drug Administration, and realized that these antidepressants affected each age group differently. Most of the groups in the common practice had planned on killing themselves in a short amount of time. With the common practices, clinical, and the public use, the FDA had a lot
Twenty-two years ago, a 65-year-old mother of two was prescribed Prozac, one of the dangerous antidepressants, and she believes that she will continue to take it until her final days of life are up (Naish). Georgina Wakefield, 65-year-old mother of two, along with many others are afraid to stop taking Prozac, Celexa, and Zoloft because of the after side effect. Twenty-five years ago the antidepressant, Prozac, was called the “bottle of sunshine” until the world found out the dark side of this prescription drug (qtd in Naish). During an interview Georgina Wakefield said, “This green-and-white pill has been a lifesaver. Somedays I have felt like taking my life multiple times while taking this pill. I have taken it for so long that I do not know what I would do without it. Taking antidepressants, alternates a person’s personality and his or her mood swings; however, this is what links to suicide and or suicide activity (qtd in Naish). The pill targets the part of the brain that does not control the depression and alternates the brain’s functions. As it targets everywhere but the depression it sends out signal that distributes the personality of the person into not feeling like him or herself. Although, not feeling like yourself is supposed to be a part of the mediation, this cause many people to lend on self-harm to cure the pain also (Peterson 12). …show more content…
It does not matter how old or young a person is; anybody can be diagnosed with depression or major depression. Although many people can say that his or her depression can happen with a “blue” moment, which is very common. There can be many other leading mental disorders and illnesses that can lead to depression. Many people believed that antidepressant are an “easy way” out to treating depression. The FDA did not believe that there was enough information to give antidepressants a black-box warning. Finally, when the FDA released the black-box warning, they put out public health measures. People thought that antidepressant worked extremely well, until him or her found out the bad side effects that went along with it. The more and more that these antidepressants were given out, the rate of suicide increased along with them. After, the black-box warning was first issued, the FDA monitors those antidepressants today. As the common practices started back up with the Food and Drug Administration, and realized that these antidepressants affected each age group differently. Most of the groups in the common practice had planned on killing themselves in a short amount of time. With the common practices, clinical, and the public use, the FDA had a lot