[jon-wood]

Totally agreed here. I don't understand people who discourage others from taking medication to treat a medical problem, its akin to somebody suggesting that a diabetic should stop taking insulin and just man up instead.

In some cases doctors over prescribe to people who are suffering from situational depression, giving out medication instead of treating the root cause and finding a way to tackle the problems in somebody's life, but for others it is a medical complaint. Without knowing which category somebody falls into its grossly irresponsible to tell them they shouldn't be taking medication which in many cases quite literally keeps them alive.