This is a great post that highlights a big and growing problem in (mainly) Western society. The tendency to 'park' people, particularly children on psychoactive drugs without addressing underlying psychological issues is akin to treating a gunshot wound with a Band Aid. This is exacerbated by doctors on commission to push patients towards using particular treatments, something that is sadly becoming more prevalent in here in the UK.
Having taken antidepressants (Citalopram) for a couple of years to counter the effects of anxiety and depression, I can say that my experience of them was mainly positive, but only as a tool through which I was able to engage with therapy rather than a treatment of those conditions in and of itself. In fact I also rejected the offer of drugs from several GPs outright, until I was sure that I was on a waiting list to receive psychotherapy. And once the therapy ended, I wound down my dose to come off the drugs, rather than build a psychological dependency on them, simply to feel normal.
I hope you are feeling better, and your problems have not returned. Thank you again for sharing your experience and bringing the problem to light. Followed and resteemed!