Posted by Hombre on December 4, 2010, at 18:49:39
In reply to Do antidepressants induce chronicity?, posted by AlexanderfromDenmark on December 4, 2010, at 4:58:28
At least on that page, there's no discussion of why this may be happening, other than the implicit assumption that all ADs cause chronicity.
It's possible that people that medicate feel well enough to get back to work, to act like nothing is wrong anymore, when it is very likely that there are still many factors that are causing stress and therefore leading to chronic depression. Of primary importance are the emotional issues that seem to be ignored by most people dealing with depression.
The mind has a very powerful effect on health. PTSD is one example, where severe trauma alters the brain and causes a chronic hyper-alert state and a vulnerability to certain situations. It also causes a flattening of mood, depression, and insomnia. In this case, the original trauma itself caused changes to the brain and chronicity. While some people can eventually recover from this, many can not.
So stress itself can cause chronicity of mental illness.
Those who don't take ADs have to do other things to get well, reaching out to others, exercising, getting good rest, etc.
ADs and basically all drugs have side-effects, which means that they affect the body as whole. Some of the effects are positive, but some may actually hurt the body.
Instead of exploring how ADs might weaken the body, making it more vulnerable to stress, we just stop at the conclusion that ADs are bad. That's way too simplistic for any of us intelligent people to accept.
poster:Hombre
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