My MO was my PCP for the first year and they are truly specialists in managing body chemistry. He managed all of my meds. I also took anti-anxiety meds throughout Tx. I refused the anti-depression drugs because I felt it was "situational" depression and not chronic depression and I didn't want to screw up my brain chemistry with Prozac. Antidepressents are often prescribed in the US by less than qualified doctors and then the monitoring required is also not performed.

I do have to state here that depression is a common and well known side effect of cancer therapy, however.

Drugs in general are overprescribed in the US today and that's one of our major health care issues.