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I don't like the quickness that doctors will screw with the machinary of the mind with drugs.

The machinery of the mind is chemicals. Drugs are chemicals. When a chemical machine malfunctions, chemical treatments are not unreasonable.

At any rate, this comment is probably being downvoted for this line:

I picked myself up and fixed my damn problem.

Edit: also this: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Typical_mind_fallacy

Based on everything I've read from others who have talked about clinical depression, it sounds like there is no picking oneself up. The metaphorical train has gone so far off track that its conductor doesn't even remember what tracks look like.