re: How do you feel about antidepressants?

I have no personal experience and don't doubt they're needed and very effective for some/many.

But I am constantly surprised by the number of people in my orbit on meds, and given that anecdotal experience combined with the reality that I don't think our society is getting mentally stronger or healthier overall, I have to think they're at minimum over prescribed and that our mental health profession is often self-defeating.