Not only is he conflating depression with unhappiness, he starts out conflating the voluntary medication of those who have agreed with their doctors that they need it (or at least could benefit by it) with pressuring people to seek medication against their own inclinations and their doctors' advice. He further conflates empty chipperness with genuine happiness. ("I acted perky and it didn't help," is not the same as, "I was happy and it didn't improve my life." Not by a long shot.)

I also react badly to people who act like antidepressants make people happy. I have met dozens of people who take antidepressants. Some of them found that their current meds worked for their depression and some did not, but not a single one reported being hap-hap-HAPPY all the time. If they were supposed to be happy pills they would be an utter failure for all patients instead of a moderate success for some.

Me, I got the easy brain chemistry. I don't think that this is because I am a better person than people whose brain chemistry inclines them towards depression or other mood disorders, any more than my tendency towards vertigo makes me a worse person than those whose middle and inner ears don't try to dump them on the ground on a regular basis. If someone suggested that I shouldn't seek treatment for my vertigo because other people don't fall over as much as I do and I should just suck it up and deal because that's life, I would tend to get a little upset with them as well.