One problem I have with drug companies is that they don't make all their data public.

The big bulk of the response to antidepressants is the placebo response.

Perhaps anti-depressants should be best reserved for the very extreme cases and, more importantly, for those who do not respond to alternative forms of interventions.

If doctors just spent more time with their patients so they felt more reassured, that might help.

There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.

If you're taking an antidepressant, it's working, and you're not experiencing side effects, go on taking it. But if it's not working, or not working well enough, or if you have side effects you don't like, talk to your doctor about an alternative approach.