“No convincing evidence” that depression is caused by low serotonin levels

Post by Mo3 » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 11:59 PM UTC

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I would like to see more discussion of the role of SSRIs in treating anxiety, rather than depression (which always seems to be the default focus). I also suffered from panic that went away completely with SSRIs. I have never had issues with depression, but these medications gave me my life back.

Interestingly the reasoning from my doctor for me taking Escitalopram was that it was good for anxiety, so I guess there's at least some anecdotal evidence from doctors about its efficacy...

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 26, 2022, 4:27 PM UTC

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EDIT: Had and have always had an awesome life? The fuck? Sounds counterfactual. Yeah a perfect life with no problems. Wouldn't the depression make it not awesome? But to narrow down, shrinks dream of some like sweetener or artificial coloring they can add to all the shit the give someone to make it taste good. A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down! No it doesn't. It tastes bad because it's poison. That is th…

EDIT to king_magic: man I don't know what your deal is. I bet it's really good on paper. Just not as good in living it out, hence depression. . I wish I could press a button on the user interface to talk to someone in person. Real life. You and I. Real Meat. In person. king_magic and daniel-cussen.

Post by kemiller » Wed, Jul 27, 2022, 4:33 PM UTC

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I co-sign everything written here as

I never invited you people into my head and I don't like it