Prozac Nation (FGCU) Kristina Dwyer

12. February 2009 by student.

Prozac, Zoloft, Lamictal; Society today is obsessed with handing out medications. In the past week society has openly confirmed this. As I traveled for my personal reasons from treatment center to treatment center I was offered and told repeatedly these three words. Is it because I’m 5′5” between the ages of 17 and 21? Last year a physician, the one that prescribed me birth control, the same one that took my vitals, and gave my my physical diagnosed me with depression and started me off on 100mg of Prozac, something in hindsight I realize could of been lethal in my condition. Pharmaceutical companies are paying doctors to push their products, she’s no therapist, and the starting dose is 10mg on average. This world is being influenced by corruption.  And we’re letting it. We let the big company pay off the doctor and watch the innocent teen go get a prescription filled for something they probably don’t need. It’s dangerous.  I know it’s not always a concern but I really started to notice how upset it got me this week, after visiting David Lawrence, more then once. I give them credit, they at least have the degree to suggest these things to me, however how much is truth and how much of it is for my benefit? Can I trust their diagnosis? As it is they tried to get me to do inpatient care, intense out patient all for a suspicion of bipolar disorder. Is this how society has become, where is the line drawn, where does it stop? Where should my loyalties lie, who can we trust, who can’t we, what doctors are being paid, which one’s aren’t, who’s looking out for my benefits?

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