To be honest, you simply can’t rely on any doctor’s recommendation alone. I read that a doctor spends an average of twelve minutes with a patient in a given appointment. I’ve never spent more than seven personally. It is impossible to be a thorough clinician regarding complex conditions in such a short period of time. The long term side effects of these pharmaceuticals are extensive. You have to research other patients experiences and literature and make the best decision you can for yourself. The trials are often run or funded by the pharmaceutical companies themselves and physicians are grossly underreporting adverse effects due to routinely dismissing patient complaints as “not caused by the medication.” None of this serves public health.