ARWF -“And the over prescribing done just because some one had a bad day.”
Stop putting down the Shrink! S/he did their job. It’s not their fault you don’t understand the job of a psychiatrist. Most nowadays don’t give therapy (eg. CBT) -only medications or other therapy modalities. S/he prescribed medication -they did Not
over-prescribe!
It’s either your fault that you don’t know/understand this or the fault of your Ob/gyn for referring you to a psychiatrist instead of a therapist! It’s probably both your faults -you didn’t explain exactly what type of help you wanted and the Ob/gyn didn’t take the time to pull it out of you, even though you didn’t specify!
The only lesson you can learn from your story is you must be able to Communicate to your PCP/GP (Internist, OB/Gyn, Pediatrician).
Not that there is side effects or withdrawl effects with medications. Almost every medication in the world has these, but the benefits outweigh the risks! So your Chiddush of “Again this is about the dangers of zoloft”, is no Chiddush to 99% of the world!