Résumé
I keep learning about suicides on both sides of my family — most of them, fortunately, several generations back. I’m going to have to do substantial revision to the comic where Walter remarks on this trend. Have I mentioned recently how much I like my antidepressants? I really do.
Discussion (3) ¬
And don’t forget the most popular medication of all time – alcohol. I live in a small rural town where we see four generations of the same family at the pharmacy. The oldest generation is dealing with the health problems of years of alcohol abuse. The next two generations are relatively functional and on anti-depressants. Some of the children are, too.
It’s not unnatural to tinker with brain chemistry if a particular individual’s brain chemistry has _already_ been tinkered with… trying to bring it back to a more natural state is a good thing. (If diagnosed correctly. And that’s the big if.)