I can see where he is coming from. A lot of people on here are prescribed anti depressants...these may be drug induced or what not but a lot of people are going to their doctors suffering from mild depression and getting prescribed Zoloft...etc when really, they don't need it. After all, depression is a natural occurring thing in life, just how heavy it occurs depends on the state of mind.
"But, a hypochondriac will always be a hypochondriac"
We are not talking about hypochondriacs here but what yeahdude said in his example of the boy and his marijuana use and self diagnosing himself is very important to take into account.
One might read a few posts on here and believe he has severe depression because someone on here might have similar symptoms, but the thing is....the reader does not know his past life, family history...etc
You may say I don't know much, but i've seen over-prescribed antidepressants being prescribed to people close to home who REALLY don't need it. Doctor thinks, oh hes suffering depression, throw him some zoloft...etc instead of actually getting to the root of the problem and preventing that depression...
All in all, too much information could be very dangerous to someone, they could make a problem out of nothing. They may pick one or two things out of a sentence and automatically think "Oh, ive got that" then ponder on that for the day, which would turn into weeks and thinking bad things about yourself will cause harm to yourself, mentally and maybe physically.
Drug education is important, but there are better ways to go about it.
By the way, its not very nice to laugh at peoples opinions as I thought everyone was entitled to their own?