DE,

I agree - I think they're losing sight of the fact that the originating condition - NOT its treatment - may be the cause of serious consequences. This is not to say that people haven't had bad reactions to medication - God knows I sure have - but for the most part, medications do their job to make us feel better. For instance, I think it's terribly premature to say that ADs cause suicide or that they are strongly correlated with suicide - doesn't anyone remember that depression is also very highly correlated to suicide. In fact, one might say that it is certainly a cause.

Not all drugs are equal, and some may effect people worse than others. However I'd be the first one to step up and say that ADs literally saved my life. I'd take that any day over side effects.

some of it's magic
some of it's tragic
but i had a good life all the way......
~jimmy buffett