“…they usually go for the pill and goodbye strategy. ‘Try this one, if it doesn’t work, come back.’… I’ve been on a lot, diagnosed when I was 19 with severe depression and stuff and I’ve been on medication ever since. I think I’ve been through 12, 13 different types for depression alone…. I’m pretty sure I’ve probably cycled back to a few.” (Male, 20-24, urban)
“I went through seven different doctors and gave them my [mental health] symptoms and my daughter was sitting right outside. I gave them my symptoms and I was like that. She was like that, ‘It sounds like you’re depressed and that. Antidepressants and that.’ Well, I was on Valium before, so I know what medication, what … and they’re like… the next [appointment] is…six, seven weeks [later], and I was like … I got that annoyed because my daughter was like, ‘Dad, you seem to be going in a circle.’ I says, ‘Aye. That’s why I’m taking you with me because I think I’m losing it.” (Male, 55-59, urban)
