"I've just recently come across a woman who drinks six bromide-filled Mountain Dews a day and takes anti-depressants. Does she take the anti-depressants because of the Mountain Dew?"
I would say yes, she is on anti- depressants because of the Mountain Dew. I was one of the heaviest Dew drinkers around, and I was put onto Paxil while drinking the stuff. It didn't last long, because I couldn't handle having ZERO emotion and all I wanted to do was sit and stare at the wall. I called it, being "paxilated".