Zoloft helps me live a normalish life. I'm not on a high dose and don't experience any emotional numbing. Every year or so I try dropping the dose or quitting a

Zoloft helps me live a normalish life. I'm not on a high dose and don't experience any emotional numbing. Every year or so I try dropping the dose or quitting and have a massive relapse. It seems to be a genetic issue in my maternal line. These type of articles follow a couple of archetypes: 1. I beat depression by (insert value-signaling method here). These people are usually in denial and/or in the initial positive rush of a life change. The latter produces transient changes that are far outlasted by internet posts. 2. SSRI's don't work and have horrible side-effects. The side-effects trash-talk causes a nocebo effect. Sexual or sleep related side effects are produced in the general population by gusts of wind, and now you read mainstream papers talking about them. The meds work as well as therapy for far less money and opportunity cost. Poor and even middle income people don't have therapy as an option for mental illness. Check out: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/ssris-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/ssris-much-more-than-yo...