Posted by Garnet71 on January 14, 2009, at 12:42:04
In reply to How much do we really know to say that we know?, posted by SLS on January 14, 2009, at 10:44:23
I have another perspective.
So--If I won a million dollars right now, my condition would improve greatly. Does that mean a million dollars is a cure to my psychiatric problems? The elevated dopamine effect of winning a million dollars would eventually disappear--but the effects of SSRIs also disappear for many of us.
If I were to have sex right now, same thing. So since sex offers relief, should it be prescribed?Though more temporary than psych meds.
Psych meds do the same thing as winning a million dollars in some sense. Just because a pill is designed for something to treat,doesn't mean its any more credible than using a million dollars to cure. I hope I'm making sense.
I think, however, the overall problem is continually designing drugs to create symptoms rather than researching the actual cures. There's more money in the drug research; if anyone doubts there is a medical-industrial complex in our society, I would say that's a bit naive.
So, drugs have little credibility, in my view.
Just my two cents.
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