Most Prescribed Drugs in the U.S.

I mean antidepressants don’t really rank that high in the grand scheme of things. They’re basically the rarest “common” ailment that people see a medical doctor for. Limping all mental illness together like you’re supposing makes as much sense as a category of “physical illness”.

Mental illness has such a weird stigma associated with it like it’s somehow represents the ales of modern society or something but blood pressure and acid reflux are just things that happen. I really hate the perception of antidepressants and stimulants for ADHD sufferers as “opiate of the masses” and not “look how many people have had their suffering gone untreated for so long and getting relief.”