Even given my experience, I wouldn't rush to vilify them as criminals. I take an SSRI daily myself and it _helps_, and I owe gratitude to the science that has been done to get this far.
The problem is that all of these doctors are operating _without data_. They'll tell you that your seratonin levels are too low, or this or that, but if you ask them how low... they can't answer. If you ask them why they're low, they can give you common answers, but none that are unique to your physiology.
So you have schizophrenia? Let's try bloodletting, leaches, and an assortment of drugs that will affect the balance of chemicals in your brain in unknown ways. Don't worry about the side effects, here's a cookie to help with the blood loss.
The problem is that all of these doctors are operating _without data_. They'll tell you that your seratonin levels are too low, or this or that, but if you ask them how low... they can't answer. If you ask them why they're low, they can give you common answers, but none that are unique to your physiology.
So you have schizophrenia? Let's try bloodletting, leaches, and an assortment of drugs that will affect the balance of chemicals in your brain in unknown ways. Don't worry about the side effects, here's a cookie to help with the blood loss.