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  1. I understand that serotonin is depleted in the brain, not imbalanced, SSRI’s are helpful for me and a life saver, natural remedy’s didn’t work, at all, I think this article is dangerous for people with severe depression and may believe that there is no hope for relief of joylessness when there is.

    1. blank Douglas Willard says:

      I would say it’s dangerous to people who believe everything they read on the internet (which is not the fault of the author). I have been on several different types of antidepressants in my lifetime, and none of them have worked for me. Scratch that… they did what they were intended to do.. they eased my depression… but the side effects made me physically incapable of working. Without being able to work, I can’t feed my family. I can’t feed my family, they find someone who can feed them. Then I have no family, so I become depressed again… and get on more medication… that has more side effects, that further limit my ability to make a living. This continued until I was homeless. Pretty depressing in and of itself…

  2. blank Ev Sounder, Ph.D. says:

    No one should rely on one editorial to make a big decision like starting an antidepressant. But no one should reply on one or more doctors or the FDA
    My conclusion is that there are ay number of safer drugs that get people out of a rut. The problem with antidepressants is they cause you brain to change physically. Eventually it is changed to so much that the drugs can no longer improve mood. Then, try getting off the drugs.

    Desoxyn, psilocybin, and nitrous oxide strike me as safer alternatives and they have all been studied and shown to work.

    Ms. Fidler, here’s another take on the same material.
    http://www.evidencer.org/2015/05/13/when-psychiatrists-implode-panic-hysteria-and-narcissism-or-just-drunk/

  3. blank Douglas Willard says:

    “Only about 15% of clinically depressed people that are treated with an
    antidepressant go into remission and stay well for a long period of
    time. The other 85% begin suffering continuing relapses and become
    chronically depressed”

    can you please cite a source for this?

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