I finally found the percentages of Americans on psych drugs. This means there is almost a one-in-three chance that an adult age-25-64 is on psych drugs. So it’s not surprising that people often don’t emotionally act the way we would expect, given that many have what experts say is like a chemical lobotomy, which many of these drugs produce.
I did the math, using the grand total figure below for all ages and the 2017 population, and got 24.68% — one in four people!
Total number of people age 25-64 is 180,747,125. With 55,252,763 using comes to 30.57%, or 31% — one in three!
The percentage for the age group 45-65 is higher yet.
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Total Number of People Taking Psychiatric Drugs in the United States
The following information is the most accurate and documented data available on psychiatric drug usage. The information is from IQVia (formerly IMS Health), a company that provides information, services and technology for the healthcare industry. It is the largest vendor of U.S. physician prescribing data. The following data was taken from the IQVia Total Patient Tracker Database for 2017, extracted April 2018. To find out about the hundreds of drug regulatory agency warnings and documented side effects for any class of psychiatric drug listed on this page (i.e., ADHD Drugs, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, etc.) click the hyperlinks listed below:
Drug Class: Age Group: Number of People:
All Psychiatric 0-5 Years 622,723
Drugs
Breakdown:
0-1 Years 125,361
2-3 Years 202,319
4-5 Years 306,079
6-12 Years 3,259,955
13-17 Years 3,419,633
18-24 Years 5,639,967
25-44 Years 21,429,352
45-64 Years 28,183,444
65 Year + 18,675,398
Grand Total 80,233,280
ADHD Drugs 0-5 Years 80,235
Breakdown:
0-1 Years 328
2-3 Years 1,919
4-5 Years 77,396
6-12 Years 2,119,343
13-17 Years 1,524,381
18-24 Years 1,279,544
25-44 Years 2,988,919
45-64 Years 1,549,161
65 Year + 299,370
Grand Total 9,621,181
Antidepressants 0-5 Years 38,534
Breakdown:
0-1 Years 6,687
2-3 Years 10,957
4-5 Years 21,299
6-12 Years 574,090
13-17 Years 1,503,185
18-24 Years 3,188,828
25-44 Years 12,457,146
45-64 Years 16,561,400
65 Year + 9,966,901
Grand Total 43,643,237
Antipsychotics 0-5 Years 85,143
Breakdown:
0-1 Years 3,913
2-3 Years 27,001
4-5 Years 53,750
6-12 Years 467,500
13-17 Years 646,215
18-24 Years 1,226,552
25-44 Years 3,829,906
45-64 Years 4,203,164
65 Year + 2,226,888
Grand Total 12,625,795
Anti-anxiety 0-5 Years 389,558
Drugs
Breakdown:
0-1 Years 102,960
2-3 Years 148,894
4-5 Years 143,692
6-12 Years 484,612
13-17 Years 577,259
18-24 Years 1,523,540
25-44 Years 8,377,859
45-64 Years 12,566,921
65 Year + 8,394,094
Grand Total 32,144,720
SOURCE: IQVia Total Patient Tracker (TPT) Database, Year 2017, Extracted April 2018.
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