No joke. Prozac in the water may be endangering the mussel population, now in serious decline. For more on such side effects of antidepressants, see Toxipedia.
My self-experimentation led me to believe that morning faces = Nature’s antidepressant. Morning faces = mussel-safe.
That’s somewhat frightening, but I can’t say as I’m surprised as heavily as SSRI’s are prescribed. I think they are necessary, but they are necessary in far fewer people than actually are on the things.
I’ve tried to live without an SSRI (I take lexapro myself). However my anxiety issues are so strong I will faint/pass out during an attack. Seeing as you have to be conscious to mentally fight a panic attack, this makes anything besides medication quite difficult.