Psychology Today- A Decisive Blow to the Serotonin Hypothesis of Depression
An exhaustive new review debunks the “chemical imbalance” theory of depression.
Patients should not be told that depression is caused by low serotonin or by a chemical imbalance and they should not be led to believe that antidepressants work by targeting these hypothetical and unproven abnormalities. In particular, the idea that antidepressants work in the same way as insulin for diabetes is completely misleading. We do not understand what antidepressants are doing to the brain exactly, and giving people this sort of misinformation prevents them from making an informed decision about whether to take antidepressants or not.
I’m sure glad that’s the only time that the medical community and government agencies have pushed bullshit. Glad it’s not happening anymore.
But… but… the only answer to everything ailing today’s society is MORE PHARMACUETICALS!
Correction: government-sponsored … government-mandated pharmaceuticals
In Toronto, a vast number of people are on doctor prescribed dope. They are not happy and carefree, but still seem to be anxious, twitchy, and, irrational. Does this stuff work? The next mass murderer you can predict to be ‘known to police’, and ‘has mental health issues’. The next mass murderer has a social worker, a shrink working out of 666 Queen St. and, grassroots support network of street nurses, community centers, and, sex partners/woke party members. I would say that all of our top tier media are on dope, too, but I do not have a link to the forensic reports for a conclusive judgement. If you work back from ‘outcome’ to ‘motivation’, you get ‘mind control’ as the objective for this.
If I lived in Toronto I’d be like that too. I believe one of the best things you can do for your mental health and happiness is to stay the holy living hell away from ‘world class’ cities and wannabe world class cities.
“Does this stuff work?”
The answer is “sometimes”. Quite often people do feel better on the SSRIs. But you know, quite often they don’t. There’s another condition correlated (but not proven) with SSRIs, that is obesity.
That’s why so many people have been taking cannabis oils. They’re fat, anxious, miserable, and they hurt everywhere. Some weed goes a long way to taking the edge off, and they can resume their proper activities of life instead of collapsing in front of the tube all night and all weekend.
I’m with you on the attempted mind control. Pity it doesn’t actually work, eh? Then they’d be -happy- drones instead of miserable crazy people.
Well, I’ve had the experience of actually benefitting from psychiatric treatment for depression, and it involved antidepressants, so I can’t be too sceptical. I will say that I had a serious shrink who did not regard the antidepressants as the treatment, only as one aspect of the treatment, the rest of which he took at least as seriously, and I think that takes my case out of the ordinary. I don’t know that the pills would have done me any good without the rest. As it was, they delivered a jolt to my metabolism which probably did get me out of a rut, and I was eased off them as I improved; it was never intended to be long term. I can readily imagine that antidepressants might be all too commonly misused, but they can work. I’m your witness.
I thought mother’s little helper was speed. .. which 3/4 of the country is also prescribed.
Way too many fast talking, crazy eyed speed freaks.
Half dozen people I work with are useless in the morning til the ‘meds’ kick in.
Then they run around like tweakers for.a few hours, think they’re getting a ton accomplished but really just spinning their wheels.
Drugs are bad, mkay.
The real question is, how many years is it going to take to purge this misapprehension from the minds of the population at large?
I’m still waiting for the purge of the cholesterol myth.
My own research tells me you are correct about cholesterol, but it is only the first of many serious health myths that they must come clean on, IMO.
The food and health industries, along with their corrupt government overseers, have a helluva lot of damaging policies they need to address and correct. Sugar consumption, in all of it’s accepted AND hidden forms, would be at the top of that list, for me.
agreed
And all the new-age allergies.
Try having some of those allergies, smart guy.
Like the nut allergy, that’s a beauty. Trace of hazelnut in the ice cream, kid spends the night puking. Or the sesame allergy. One sesame seed falls off a bun into the french fries, kid gets an ambulance ride to the hospital because anaphylaxis is potentially fatal.
People don’t make this stuff up. It is a real thing that really happens. Kids do die from peanut allergies, or shellfish, bee stings etc.
Me and everyone I know must have won the allergy lotto, while everyone you know must not have had any of their number come up. Bummer.
I have said here a few times before that many victims of brainwashing from fake news, fake school and fake government will need to be ‘deprogrammed’ before they can be taught any real critical thinking skills.
Can you even retrain a woke snowflake to be independent, self-reliant and to think rationally? Some #walkaway participants seem to prove it can be done, but then they already demonstrated their independence and the ability to think critically by deciding to leave in the first place. I have also wondered if breaking through to these people is even possible en masse, or if it is only possible one at a time.
I predict some very dark mental health struggles ahead for many of today’s more hardcore leftards.
People make stuff up to accommodate their shortcomings rather than accept the uncaring truth. I’m depressed, so their must be a medical reason. Men are women, women are men. Gun violence is the fault of guns. I’m not important enough, so I’ll create a scenario where my voice serves purpose (that’s climate change btw). I don’t have the substance or the tools to debate on a level playing field, so I’ll create a safe room and take the role of a victim. Gluten is bad for you. I just want to be treated like everyone else, so make me a special protected group that everyone else must acknowledge and throw a parade celebrating that I’m not like everyone else.
That being said. We’re all going to need anti-depressants after the next few days. Biden is going to totally tank the world’s economy in the next few days. Not just hardship…it will TANK. Your acronym for the day is PEAD. If you aren’t familiar with it…you will be shortly. We are (and I’m no Chicken Little) SCREWED beyond redemption.
“Cholesterol Myth”
Surely you’re not saying that Statins are all about the money are you?
Noooooo… not at all. And don’t call me Shirley.
Well…does this come as a “SURPRISE”….no.
The Pharmaceutical companies have known for a long long time, that PROFITABILITY trumps Virtuous “Do Good” Actions. As such since the mid 50’s they started Hiring Salesmen…with very good slush fund budgets.
Selling snake oil since the 1600’s
End of story.
As an Aside.
How about they do a forsenic Review/Study on the effectiveness of Rosuvastatin – Telmisarten as well..?? I’d be real curious as to the Results of those two given this shit is prescribed to pretty much anyone over 65…?
I’ve long wondered if depression is a faulty brain, a chemical imbalance or a psychological problem. The only people I’ve known that have ‘chronic depression’ are from the latter group, usually over analyzing type, unsuccessful, no hobbies, couch potatoes, bad life choices etc… Also you don’t hear much about depression in third world societies, not sure if that’s significant or not.
LOST CONNECTIONS is required reading material in this topic and big pharma. It’s what also red flagged me to the vacksheen
You could probably give at least half of them a placebo and they’d be all twinkle toes and giggly till the next prescribed installment, especially if you tell them that once started on the regimen, it will take a few days to kick in.
Like I quoted from someone the other day, “Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
A lot of depression is boo hoo I want/need attention and have someone pump up my tires.
Well try that attitude in a war zone, bucko and see what you get.
It’s got to the point that I can identify people on anti-anxiety medication because the meds depress their fear response. The result is that they don’t take seriously the things they should because the part of their brain that responds to potential threats has been numbed.
When the patient in question is the CTO of a multi-billion dollar company and seems unperturbed by the fact that major tech upgrade deadlines have been missed by a mile and the company will lose 40% of its business as a result, these are more than just interesting factoids. I’m increasingly of the opinion that if you’re going to drug test employees for weed, you should be drug testing executives for SSRIs.
There are only 3 drugs that are good for regular, daily use:
Caffeine, nicotine and alcohol.
I fully agree on that statement!
And you get my vote on quote of the day.
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