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There is no doubt that antidepressant therapy needs to be combined with psychotherapy, sports, meditation and just reducing the unhealthy parts of your life. T
by make3 9y ago
There is no doubt that antidepressant therapy needs to be combined with psychotherapy, sports, meditation and just reducing the unhealthy parts of your life.
The cost of taking antidepressants is really low however. Most of the time, they have almost no side effects, and are proven to help https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k847 https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k847
Where I live, they are pretty cheap.
I find that there is undue bias against antidepressants. If you need them, take them! They help.
- intralizee 9y agoHow exactly is the cost really low? The study you linked doesn't scientifically prove antidepressants help. Exactly, what undue bias against antidepressants have you found?
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoI often see antidepressants held to more stringent standards of evidence, theoretical backing, and safety than other treatments. It's pretty common to see someone claim that the chemical imbalance theory is bunk and that antidepressants don't outperform placebo, then glowingly endorse something else with markedly less scientific support as a treatment for depressive disorders (e.g. exercise, supplements, insight-oriented psychotherapies, mindfulness meditation).
- intralizee 9y agoI’m not sure how this adds to answering the questions and which I’m apparently downvotes for curiosity. Apparently treatment in regard to a diagnosis of depression does not need scientific standards of evidence and we should just experiment on people willing to trust misinformative beliefs of promoting unclear benefits which may not exist.
- pseudoscience 9y agoThat is absolute rubbish and you know it. There are thousands, if not millions of cases where people have had side effects. The bias isn't undue, most of the time it's factual and comes from anecdotal experience. You sound like you haven't ever been on antidepressants, and are instead regurgitating soundbites from a medical journal.
- nugget 9y agoI've seen cases where antidepressants saved people's lives. I've also seen cases where they were pushed on people who needed psychotherapy and not medication. Access to quality psychotherapy is unfortunately very low.
- aaron_altamura 9y agoVenlaflaxine not only saved my life, but gave me a new one. It shouldn't be looked to as the only solution, however, it's one of the most powerful ones in the arsenal. This bias against anti-depressants is quite miseducated and unfortunate.