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I would be much more willing to believe the chemical imbalance concept if someone could actually explain which chemicals, and what the correct balance is. Sero

I would be much more willing to believe the chemical imbalance concept if someone could actually explain which chemicals, and what the correct balance is. Serotonin you may say? Okay, how much is the correct amount of serotonin then? Can you just give me a test to see if I have the right amount? What’s going on here is not quantifiable science. It’s throw something at the wall and see what sticks.

matz1 6y ago
I think the best the pill can do right now is to at least making some disturbance to change the balance and hoping it produce desirable outcome. Yes basically throw something at the wall and hoping it stick.
knowingwedont 6y ago
You might be surprised at the number of medications which are effective for specific conditions or symptoms but for which we don't know the mechanism that achieves the effect. Yes, modern medicine has a large component of throwing stuff at the wall to see if it sticks. If it sticks, and it passes all the usual clinical trials to prove it does more good than harm, it's approved, even if we don't understand exactly why it works.
lazyasciiart 6y ago
Try looking deeply into almost any specific condition - let's take heart disease. Cholesterol, for instance - is it bad? Is it necessary? Do you need a certain amount or does the amount not matter so long as you have the correct ratio of fats? Why are some people perfectly healthy with cholesterol numbers off the roof, and others can have atherosclerosis with cholesterol numbers off the charts low? Will reducing cholesterol for that second person help them? Hurt them? For the record, the treatment plan my cardiologist put me on was explained as "all these things seem correlated with not having heart attacks so we'll just do them all and hope it helps you".

3 ms·

I would be much more willing to believe the chemical imbalance concept if someone could actually explain which chemicals, and what the correct balance is. Sero

by Negitivefrags 6y ago

matz1 6y ago
I think the best the pill can do right now is to at least making some disturbance to change the balance and hoping it produce desirable outcome. Yes basically throw something at the wall and hoping it stick.
knowingwedont 6y ago
You might be surprised at the number of medications which are effective for specific conditions or symptoms but for which we don't know the mechanism that achieves the effect. Yes, modern medicine has a large component of throwing stuff at the wall to see if it sticks. If it sticks, and it passes all the usual clinical trials to prove it does more good than harm, it's approved, even if we don't understand exactly why it works.
lazyasciiart 6y ago
Try looking deeply into almost any specific condition - let's take heart disease. Cholesterol, for instance - is it bad? Is it necessary? Do you need a certain amount or does the amount not matter so long as you have the correct ratio of fats? Why are some people perfectly healthy with cholesterol numbers off the roof, and others can have atherosclerosis with cholesterol numbers off the charts low? Will reducing cholesterol for that second person help them? Hurt them? For the record, the treatment plan my cardiologist put me on was explained as "all these things seem correlated with not having heart attacks so we'll just do them all and hope it helps you".