Experiences with psychiatric medications

[Ryan_m_b]

Is this purely a US thing? I'm from the UK and we often hear that much more people in the US take prescription drugs than back here. Glancing through this thread (which I admit is by no means representative) I wonder if it is common to find so many people who have taken drugs before?

(NOTE: I am only assuming that most people are from the US based on how some of the conversations have gone)

 

[pallidin]

Is this purely a US thing? I'm from the UK and we often hear that much more people in the US take prescription drugs than back here. Glancing through this thread (which I admit is by no means representative) I wonder if it is common to find so many people who have taken drugs before?

(NOTE: I am only assuming that most people are from the US based on how some of the conversations have gone)

Yeah, it's just an emotional/societal thing.
There are some global expectations that the U.S. has it "right"

This puts pressure on us, common citizens(of the US), to accept that expectation.

There IS an emotional impact, because some of us do not agree.
Perhaps that's one facet of why I drink... even though political issues do not directly effect me.

I don't know, but I sometimes question the sensibility of being under the umbrella of a super-power.

 

[JaredJames]

I don't know, but I sometimes question the sensibility of being under the umbrella of a super-power.

Trust me, it's better to be under the umbrella of a super power than to be under the frame that once was one.