ADD in the UK

I have been undergoing CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) for the last few months for panic attacks and generalised anxiety which is very unpleasant.
So far I have resisted SSRIs.
Last week on PM (Radio 4) Oliver James came on to attack the notion that the Govts announcement of lots of new funding for CBT - talking thereapy - would be a general panacea and cure people 100% reduce need for SSRIs etc...

Radio 4 PM on CBT treatment

One of the quotes from the blog for that day (las Wednesday)

Regarding the new 'cutting edge treatment' that has been promised by the Government for depression/anxiety. I have suffered from severe depression now for a number of years. At first, I was treated by a qualified doctor - who often didn't turn up for appointments - but was reasonably good. I asked to be re-referred and was confronted by an ill-trained therapist who said, and I quote, that she could 'cure me in three visits' and in addition, I was a waste of money if I had had to have numerous visits to the previous doctor. Well, if these are the 'new' type of therapists the Government want to recruit they are going push people to suicide and nervous breakdown. Put perhaps they would like us to kill ourselves - at least it would get rid of the problem.

another comment

CBT is the new black in Mental Health. The trouble is that it works mainly for people with mild to moderate depression. It rarely really works for people with more severe forms of depression or anxiety. It also very much depends on individual personalities and who delivers the treatment.