I was forced to take psych meds starting at age 13. This was before the SSRIs were put on the market. I was on a "mood elevator" called Anentyl and an antipsychotic med called Stelazine. Those were the two drugs I was forced to take the entire time from age 13-18. But also during this period, I was a ward of the state, and they could give me any drug they wanted and I was forced to take it no matter whether it helped me or what it did to me. I know I was forced to take all kinds of other drugs that I don't remember the names of for various periods of time at the same time as the two drugs above.
I was in my 20s when the SSRIs came on the market and were being hailed as "miracle drugs" for those with depression and other psychiatric disorders. I went through a whole range of SSRIs, but none of them ever made me feel any different than I did when I didn't take them. I quit every one of them on my own because none of them did anything. They were like expensive sugar pills.
I've always wished I could get a scan of my brain because I'm 100% positive I have damage and changes in my brain that were caused by all of those medications.
I was on Paxil for 3 or so years. Again, I have no proof, because the drug companies would never admit it, but I think the Paxil had something to do with my thyroid problems starting early.
Thyroid issues run in my family and my mom and 2 of my sisters also had thyroid issues to some degree, but they all started having problems in their very late 30s or early 40s. I started having problems when I was 25.