> Which isn't to say that drugs can't help, just that they're very much treating the symptoms and not at all the underlying cause. This is obviously not true f

> Which isn't to say that drugs can't help, just that they're very much treating the symptoms and not at all the underlying cause. This is obviously not true for some people. If you have a genetic condition that means you cannot produce certain essential chemicals (let's say Vitamin D) and your deficiency is causing your brain to function inefficiently making you feel depressed then the genetic condition is the cause and the drugs are the cure. You seem to be refuting "what works for you might not work for others" by saying that drugs cannot treat the underlying cause of depression.