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> These drugs are like casts for broken bones. Just because you can't see the broken system doesn't make it less physical. They're absolutely not like this. In
by dvt 4y ago
> These drugs are like casts for broken bones. Just because you can't see the broken system doesn't make it less physical.
They're absolutely not like this. In fact, doctors themselves will tell you we aren't 100% sure how or why they work, and so will a Psychology 101 class. That's why medication is generally given in conjunction with counseling/therapy.
- sirsinsalot 4y agoYou can be unsure of exactly how they work, but be able to verify that they do (unsure in a scientific sense can still be quite sure. MRI imaging to verify is hard.). The cast analogy of a "supporting treatment" stands. I mean, the fact the comments here exist on a forum primarily concerned with engineering is astounding. Medication is given with counselling and therapy because that too can enact change on neurochemisty through self direction when the system isn't in functional collapse. For a broken leg you might have metal pins and physio. For a broken leg we wouldn't be having these odd discussions, and the brain is fair more complex. Maybe everyone should stop taking psych 101 and counting themselves experts in neurochemistry and neuropsychiatry then dishing out poor advice. Admittedly the US health care system is broken by perverse incentives and so on, but let's not turn that into an attack on the science and efficacy of the drugs themselves for many people.