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Depression is a complex disease that can be caused my many factors. It's actually more a whole class of illnesses. As a consequence, there is no such thing as "
by IMTDb 3y ago
Depression is a complex disease that can be caused my many factors. It's actually more a whole class of illnesses. As a consequence, there is no such thing as "the best antidepressant"; some antidepressant work on some of the cause and some other work on some other cause.
The whole "antidepressant don't work" feeling is caused precisely because we expect them to work on all cases and finding the right molecule - and dosage - is hard. But make no mistake, the drugs we have right now sometimes work amazingly well, for some people.
Psilocybin - if it actually shows long term improvements under double blinded studies - will just be more tool in the arsenal, but will not be the miracle cure some predict it to be.
- eek2121 3y agoThank you! This 100%!
- appplication 3y agoIt may not be the miracle cure for all depression but it can be an absolute miracle for the individuals it does help. I was depressed, in a bad place mentally, going deeper into alcohol/drugs, letting relationships slide, etc. I spent 4 days in the woods drinking mushroom tea and just reflecting on my life and the path I was on. I came out of that experience instantly reinvigorated for life. I completely turned my life around from that moment. That was 15 years ago now. Most of it has been good. Some mental health issues popping back up lately, but I think it’s more of a mid life crisis/loss of youth thing, that feels a little unavoidable. I’m not advocating it as the super cure, but it can absolutely be a super cure for some. I think it’s reasonable if you haven’t experience this sort of darkness and subsequent transformation to not understand it at all. It’s not stuff some couldn’t also do without therapy and medicine. But if you have trust issues and can’t open up to a therapist, it can help you open up to yourself in a productive way.