Studies show that doctors in the United States wrote 213 million prescriptions for antidepressants in 2010. Are there that many people in the United States who are so depressed they have to resort to drugs?

If you take or think you need to take antidepressants, I received the following e-mail from a patient of mine that shows you really don’t need them:

Since it’s extremely difficult, if not impossible, to completely reverse Alzheimer’s, it’s vital you do all you can to prevent it. Unfortunately, we don’t really know a lot of the reasons we get Alzheimer’s in the first place. So prevention can be difficult. After all, I’ve seen seemingly very healthy people develop the disease.