Posted by sedona on March 12, 2005, at 12:23:03
In reply to Absolutely no one knows?, posted by WeeWilly on March 12, 2005, at 11:52:20
I completely agree with you. I am always skeptical if a doctor says something like "it's just a chemical imbalance", or "you don't have enough serotonin" etc...It usually makes me feel as though they are coercing me to use a drug. When you take an SSRI, you have more serotonin within hours, so it's the other actions that take place over several weeks that help the depression. And they don't know how these drugs work or exactly what those actions are. I much prefer doctors who are honest and can say that yes - some of these drugs work for some people, but we don't really know why. I'm just skeptical in general I suppose, but especially of docotors who try to push a lot of drugs and know little about them.
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