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> I’ve done a lot of research and I think psychiatry is pseudoscience and antidepressants are largely placebo. For you. There are many causes of depression, an
by a3n 7y ago
> I’ve done a lot of research and I think psychiatry is pseudoscience and antidepressants are largely placebo.
For you. There are many causes of depression, and many reactions to the depression and to the various treatments.
For me, the very day I started taking an SSRI I felt physically different. My brain felt slightly too large for my skull, and it felt "fizzy." That, and the loose stools, went away after a time. (We have serotonin receptors in our digestive system, to guard against swallowing poisonous seeds.)
And I immediately felt like cleaning the apartment.
While I still have depression, it's manageable, and the SSRI knocks it back enough that I can see and deal with bouts.
In other words, for me, I seem to have a chemical condition that SSRI is exactly designed to deal with.
For me.
- rozab 7y ago>We have serotonin receptors in our digestive system, to guard against swallowing poisonous seeds. Nobody knows the purpose of serotonin in the gut [0]. The fact that you've accepted this theory as fact suggests to me that you've also drank the kool-aid with respect to the role of Serotonin in depression, which is very controversial. Also the fact that you experienced results with SSRIs in such a short timespan (placebo-controlled trials have found depressive symptoms don't get better for months) suggests to me you are experiencing a placebo effect and not some adjustment of a 'chemical condition'. And this is fine, and I'm happy for you, but I don't think it's unreasonable to demand a better treatment than placebo. The placebo effect has also been shown to be very strong with cancer patient, but placebo wouldn't be an acceptable treatment for them. [0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3272651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3272651/