I am sorry you had to go through all of that. You are very right that the whole psychiatric system is messed up, and that people are labeled and prescribed drugs way too easily. I am glad you were able to realize that horrible side effect and stop taking the antidepressant even though no one supported you.
Your friends sound like terrible friends and toxic people to be around, they had no right to hurt you that way and should feel ashamed for doing so. I cannot believe anyone would actually think it is funny to trigger an anxious attack, that is just terrible.
I am glad you're feeling better now, and I want to thank you for taking the strength and time to write this post! It definitely made me think about how I treat others no matter if they have a diagnose or not. A mental illness might affect you during some period of your life, but it is not who you are and you should not be treated like it is.
It is sad that something that affects so many people is still treated in such a bad way, I really hope that we will learn to see past labels and learn to see the person instead.
Thank you for writing this post!