None of this is true.

Anti-depressant meds are very cheap. This is one of the problems of meds, they're much cheaper than a course of talking therapy.

They don't cause dependence.

Most people don't have problems coming off SSRIs, SNRIs, NASAs etc.

> And this industry has the resources to effectively influence public discussion forums such as HN, Reddit, Slashdot, etc.

You might want to read any of the posts dang has mad about accusing people of astroturfing: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=by:dang%20astroturfing&sort=by...

That's also in the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Don't accuse others of astroturfing or shillage. Email us and we'll look into it.