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But SSRIs reverse depression symptoms, they don't prevent it from happening in the first place. so the mechanism would have to be not just protection but some k
by nerdponx 4y ago
But SSRIs reverse depression symptoms, they don't prevent it from happening in the first place. so the mechanism would have to be not just protection but some kind of restoration or rebalancing, maybe by selectively protecting some bacteria but not others. That seems a little less plausible to me.
- tokai 4y agoSSRIs do lower the risk of further depressive episodes. "To conclude, this review provides evidence that continuing SSRIs for 1 year reduces risk of MDD and relapse." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5761909/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5761909/
- password11 4y agoI took SSRIs for 14 months and after I stopped this was my subjective experience as well. (And luckily only mild withdrawal/discontinuation symptoms.)