Not everyone on antidepressants is a weak liberal.
There are plenty of successful, rational people who have been helped by them. Depression is a chemical imbalance. If you just “feel down” one day—you are not depressed. Depression is crippling.
Coming off those meds is a nightmare.
I would caution you not to be so cavalier.
Thanks for the ad from Eli Lilly.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/what-causes-depression
A lot of factors, not just chemical. But drugs may be overprescribed because it’s the easiest way to deal with what can be a very complex problem.
Antidepressants are toxic.
People should use natural remedies, from Buffered Vitamin C to Rhodiola.
“Depression is a chemical imbalance”
yes, but many times its caused by the person and their actions or thoughts.
Just supplementing drugs to try to balance is no real (long term) help or strategy for success. Just as supplementing by taking my thyroid Rx daily does nothing to help my thyroid gland - it just boosts/balances the amount of hormone in my system and makes my blood test result acceptable and many days I feel ok. It’s not help, its a bandaid for a bigger issue (thyroid not functioning properly because of a number of factors) just as depression meds are a bandaid for bigger issue of thought and nutrition, lifestyle, sleep etc number of factors. The person is hugely responsible for making improvements in their life - the depression drugs or any other are used as crutch and many people never face the real changes that would actually help them be well.
Coming off the meds is a nightmare - because they don’t belong in the body in the first place and coming off any drug/mind altering substance is gonna effect the mind and body hugely because the person faked a “balance” by using it to begin with.
Yes. Clinical depression is real. And coming off antidepressants is a ****ing nightmare.