The News has Jumped the Shark

And no I’m not talking about the Monkey Wedding in India. Although, seriously?! 3,000 people showing up?! That’s a hell of a lot of sugared almonds…

Or even the story about German police dogs being trained to wear shoes so that they don’t damage their feet on broken glass.

Neither is about our Government’s announcement that instead of one big ’super-casino’ in Manchester there will be 16 smaller ones dotted around the country… but not in Manchester at all. Yes, people are pissed.

Nope, the news I’m talking about is this.

Apparently, according to a new study, there is no point in taking medication if you are mildly depressed. You may as well just take a placebo for all the good it’ll do you. This plus other stupid and sensationalist bollocks was on the front cover of the Guardian (as above) and The Times - the freakin’ Times! Now I am very VERY sceptical about this study as it comes shortly before our government (well known for getting things laughably wrong) announces plans to treat people with depression with pretty much anything but drugs.

As someone who attributes the only reason she is still around to the medication she took in the past this winds me up. Yes, I’m all for sorting your problems out and alternatives to drugs (and, yes, I am probably reacting before I think but there again I am quite tired) but as there is currently an average 12 week wait for psycho-therapy on the NHS - what are you supposed to do until then? I was lucky - the drug I was on wiped me out so bad that I didn’t have the energy to do anything ’stupid’, and even though the thoughts were running through my head I just didn’t care enough… Prozac. Nope. Just made me feel sick. Numb… but sick.

But numb was good. Numb made me detach from all the insanity out there and gave me the emotional rest I needed before I ‘coped’ and ‘processed’. Had I still had the energy who knows what I would have done?

You see? This is why I need to blog earlier in the day. i had it all in my head and now… Just fuzzy cotton wool nonsense. For a much better post about depression and anti-depressants go see Miss Britt. I needs my sleep now!