Posted by linkadge on December 5, 2010, at 7:38:39
In reply to Re: Do antidepressants induce chronicity?, posted by sigismund on December 4, 2010, at 22:11:48
>Yes, and you may be quite unaware of what it is >or why.
I liken the surge in antidepressant use to the surge in obesity. There is a tendancy to blame ones genes for obesity rather than looking at lifestyle factors that may be involved.
Its easier to believe you've got a "chemical imballance" than to accept the fact that life just blows sometimes and theres not a heck of a lot you can do about it.
Believing you are chemically imballanced, psychologically puts you back in the drivers seat (for the time being). But when the little buzz from the med wears off, and you return to the realization that life still sucks, then you're back to square one. Its maladaptive for an organism to feel great when there is something wrong. History not learned from is bound to be repeated.
To me, this would be the simplest explaination for treatment resistance. If you hate your life circumstances, theres only so much a medication can do to make them more tollerable.
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