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I would be pleased if someone would invent a pill to remove my impatience, moodiness, and occasional bursts of anger. But if they did, I wouldn't be able to write my novels or paint.

In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.

Medication can help us live a happier life.

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication.

I find drug use disrespectful, self-destructive, and weak. I want no part of it.

Most medications don't work effectively for a lot people.

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.

I'm by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I've seen it save a lot of people's lives.

I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes.