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> Meds can work wonders, AND you can still be depressed. Medicine resolve biological depression. It doesn't resolve situational depression. It's not quite that
by Trasmatta 7mo ago
> Meds can work wonders, AND you can still be depressed. Medicine resolve biological depression. It doesn't resolve situational depression.
It's not quite that simple. You seem to be hinting at the "chemical imbalance" theory of antidepressants, which has been largely debunked. The reality is much more nuanced and complicated.
- kovek 7mo ago> You seem to be hinting at the "chemical imbalance" theory of antidepressants, which has been largely debunked Can you say more?
- Trasmatta 7mo agoThe "serotonin hypothesis" is largely unfounded. We don't actually know why SSRIs are effective for some people. It's likely more to do with increased neuroplasticity than a shortage of serotonin in the brain. This is a good study to start with: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35854107/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35854107/ > The main areas of serotonin research provide no consistent evidence of there being an association between serotonin and depression, and no support for the hypothesis that depression is caused by lowered serotonin activity or concentrations. Prescribing antidepressants is a shot in the dark. Doctors can't know for sure if you'll respond to them, especially because we don't even really understand how they work.
- jyounker 7mo agoThe chemical imbalance theory is wrong, but that is not a refutation of the idea of biological depression. It just means that one idea about how it works was incorrect.