Antidepressants are US

This article got to me so I figured why not post it on my new blog to see what others think.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/09/antidepressants/index.html

I have no doubt that there are millions of Americans who benefit from antidepressants, but 118 million? The most disturbing part for me was that there are psychiatrists who think that this is a great thing and that more people should seek out this sort of seemingly permanent drug treatment.

Sure these drugs are being prescribed, but is there a point in any of these "treatments" where the psychiatrist says "Okay I think it is time to take you off of this medicine". As is typical in almost all other treatment plans. Has anyone had such an experience without just being switched to a different type of antidepressant?

My First Blog Entry

Here is something that I recently learned and found interesting. What do you say about it?

Manual cars are more fuel efficient than cars with an automatic transmission. This book states that a manual transmission can be 20% more fuel efficient than its automatic counterpart.

http://books.google.com/books?id=kE9wMh6DjlMC&pg=PA69&ots=YGGPRFqI4x&dq=fuel+economy+of+manual+transmissions&sig=FMZsKcvXb9tekE4g0D7FMfJmmbs#PPA67,M1

Sure they require more attention to drive, but think of the savings. What do you think:
Are manual cars worth the trouble/savings?