Ruby Wax

But if you have depression, you better get on antidepressants because it's all we've got.

And then they say it'll be mushrooms.

Well, the thing about mushrooms is if you're on SSRIs, you can't take them.

So what was the point of that?

Yeah, and I tried to in my last book, and I ended up in a mental ward.

Really?

Yeah.

In the last book, I was trying to find meaning, so it was a little tongue-in-cheek.

I did these extreme things.

But I ended up in a mental ward, and it looked like I was criticizing those things, whereas they're life-changing.

But if you come off your medication, you're back to square one.

And how long can people stay on SSRIs for?

Well, I've been on it over 30 years.

Oh, okay.

Yeah, I don't know if I'll ever get off unless they improve those mushrooms.

Yeah.

Well, your brain can't take it.

You know, me without those is somebody really, you know, and my dad's side, my mom's side was nuts.

My dad's side, we're supposed to be having fun, is suicides.

So I come from a legacy that's really dangerous.