Well, there you have it. Self-medication for metal health issues. Advocating self-medication for mental health issues is like recommending people to self-medicate with painkillers to stop that pain, instead of getting proper medical diagnosis and treatment.
A psychedelic experience every year or so really keeps my happy self functioning.
Also living between people with all kind of unique problems made me more happy with my general life
I guess it is different for anyone, but for me it really helped a lot
It's interesting to read about experiences of others and for many people experimentation is a good way to improve their lives.
Also, many doctors are persuaded (using a nicer word here) into prescribing certain drugs over the others; basically preference created by.... free lunches and golf events. There is an interesting documentary on this, forgot the name; Google might help.