Doctors these days seem to be nothing more than licensed drug pushers. They will prescribe you a pill for anything that ails or bothers you.
All of the most commonly prescribed anti-depressants for depression and anxiety, as well as for PTSD, share one common side effect: “May cause thoughts of suicide”; What a great idea to prescribe this type of medication to indvidiuals who already hate the life they are living, right? Wrong. What often happens is physicians will prescribe their patients pills that get them high, so it is common that when they return for their next visit to follow-up with their doctor, oftentimes the feedback is that the medicine tell the doctors that the medicine works real good, because they want more of the medication so they can keep getting high.
Those medications numb the conscience, so suicidal thoughts are more vivid because the medicine made them high and drowsy, so they sit around more, and sitting around gives you too much time to think about past and potential hardships. PTSD is not a disease that can be treated with pills. It is a condition, which can be overcome with purpose, structure, and a sense of value. Pills tend to make veterans feel even more devalued. Soldiers Redemption donates 10% of all sales to groups and organizations who help veterans find a purpose, help them to feel they are an integral element of their surroundings. Warriors should not be taking their own lives, don"t just say, welcome home, make them feel welcome at home.