Do You Think That Too Many People Are Getting Diagnosed With Depression?

Question by Rebecca: Do you think that too many people are getting diagnosed with depression?
I think that too many people are getting diagnosed with depression. I know so many people at my school that have medicines like Zoloft and Paxil because of their “depression”. They always seemed fine and very far from depressed before the medicine, and are no different now. Do you think either they were too quickly diagnosed and do not really have depression, or are amazingly good at putting up a front?

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Answer by melissa
many people want an easy way out instead of therapy or other forms of help, so they just jump to the drugs. but most Americans will have depression at some point in their lives, so it may be real.

Answer by Mopar Muscle Gal
I believe that too many are getting diagnosed with bi-polar when it all could be situational depression related

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