The case against antidepressants - The Week:
" ... EXCERPT | "Is depression caused by a chemical imbalance?This article is talking about people with Depression who have begun the long trial and error of fighting this dread condition. Don't be afraid to get professional help ... let me speak from experience.
There’s actually little evidence supporting this widespread belief, which was heavily promoted by the drug companies. In fact, studies have found that the levels of serotonin in depressed people’s brains are the same as they are in those of nondepressed people. If neurotransmitters play some role in depression, critics say, it’s clearly not a simple matter of cause and effect. “The serotonin theory of depression,” says Irish psychiatrist and author David Healy, “is comparable to the masturbatory theory of insanity.”" (The WEEK. July 22, 2011) ..."
Depression is a wily foe. It creeps on you like a nervous nanny, talks smack to your attitude, and puts your ego under siege. Meanwhile all those around you cannot breathe as they think they are the culprit causing you this pain. Truth is it may be caused by a bad diet, a toothache, lack of sleep, or imbalanced hormones.
Give your loved ones a break. I know from experience that Depression is a killer. It makes a mockery of our "feel good" society. Often, the things that prolong Depression are the things we do to attempt breaking its siege on us.
Self-medication is the biggest culprit. For instance; some who are depressed might try to sneak past depression by drinking. The problem with that pseudo solution is that it might help the depressed one past the first hour or two, with numbness occurring. The more one drinks, the more one begins to act out. The aftermath of drinking -- the next morning -- is the final insult to one's condition, as the poison in your body produces an effect of worse Depression.
There are too many other methods of self-medication to list here. But the depressed person is surely going around with a weight on his shoulders. This ghost weighs its host down, and creates anxiety about all things past and present in the person's life. To add more Depression with depressing self-medications is imbecilic.
Seek HELP if you sit on the couch with your head in your hands. Get a Doctor's attention, by telling him the TRUTH about your episodes. Maybe he can prescribe medcine, or give you the name of a good Psychiatrist, or a good clinical psychologist.
If you hear this phrase a lot during the day: "Snap out of it!" -- get professional help and beat this bugger, this unnatural Depression.
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