answer:Very good question. In the past 2 months, I have discovered that several of my friends are on anti-depressants. Most of them are on Lexapro. Side effects include suicidal thoughts. The past couple times Ive been to the doctor, they always try to push prescriptions on me instead of actually identifying the problem. The same seems to be true for people that are “depressed”. Im not saying that people arent depressed. but it seems that if you go to the doctor and say you feel down, you are not eating/sleeping properly, they will give you a pill to make you better. Everyone I talk to, says that Lexapro, makes them feel better, but it seems that they will be completely dependent on the pill, they will be on it for life, and will not learn how to deal with life’s problems. If you take a look at the last few school shootings, they all involved antidepressants or anti-anxiety. I have never taken an antidepressant, but I have taken Xanax. The feeling I got from Xanax was a happy, nothing matters, I dont care attitude. Im not sure if antidepressants make you like that(i imagine they would), but I have a theory that suicidal thoughts and murder suicides, are a result of the nothing matters feeling from the pill. ex. “I dont care if I live or die” With the pills being given out like candy and the possibility of universal health care coming to the US, I predict we will become, if we’re not already, a Soma nation. Read Brave New World to know what Soma is, but there are some scary comparisons to be made to modern day US and that book.