@contentandwell

Hi JK,
Hope all is well with you.
I don't claim to be an expert.. My statements are nothing more than than my own opinins which we are all entitled.
I believe everyone wants to be happy.. I truly feel some people don't know how to be happy or are not willing to put forth the effort to be happy. No pill will solve that issue.
I said some people need alternative therapy, meaning Psychological help, Psychiatric care, Medication, Family Introvention etc.
Go to a good Endocrinologist or better yet a Neuroendocrinologist to chech for hormonal and chemical imbalances, don't just assume that's the problem.How many have been to one, few if any is my guess.Although I do believe strongly that at some point you have to make a choice, that's not to say someone doesn't need help for awhile. But a lot of people try to take the easy way out and just take a pill. Ultimately your going to have to solve your problems. Everyone has to make decisions in their live starting when quite young, some directly relate to a persons mood and I feel they depict being happy, loving, amused, optimistic or sad, mad, frustrated, depressed or whatever. But people have to take responsibility for their lives and that means in my opinion they need to recognise they have a problem and get appropriate treatment. However I don't believe it is reasonable for someone to be Depressed on Antidepressants for decades. Ive read story after story of people being on these meds for decades.. What do they all say "If I stop taking them for a couple days I'll be back where I don't want to be.Getting well doesn't always "Just Happen" sometimes it takes hard work.
It's not always easy to make choices and it's not always easy happy to be happy. Your only going to get out of life what your willing to put into it.
Jake