I'm only about 2/3 done Lost Connections by Johann Hari but I couldn't wait any longer to share my thoughts.

It has completely challenged my beliefs about antidepressants - and I feel like the data provided is sound. C'mon don't out-cynical me! 

Two themes of the book so far:

Chemical imbalance is bullshit, junk science.

It's the environment stupid. 

“Regrettably, recent decades have been marked with excessive medicalization of mental health and the overuse of biomedical interventions, including in the treatment of depression and suicide prevention,” he said. While there is a role for medications, he added, we need to stop using them “to address issues which are closely related to social problems.”

That's an expert's quote from the article promoting the book. 

Sooooo, if medication is mostly junk, WHY AREN'T I TOSSING MY CYMBALTA. 

Let me explain...