Irving Kirsch Head of placebo studies at Harvard research proves depression is not caused by lack of

[MAIO]

X. Despite these studies and others doctors continue to lie to patients telling them they are always just depressed as a result of a lack of a chemical in their brain. Even though antidepressants work by increasing or decreasing x have similar results. Not saying it's sometimes something psychological rather it's always a lack of X in the brain. What a great time we live in.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172306/

 

[Loaf of bread]

Slightly late bump.

 

[jimmy7754]

I don't believe in taking meds.. I think life doesn't make sense eventually or never did for some people.. parents die relationships go bad careers never take off injuries happen trauma settles bills pile and then the chemicals go nuts

 

[Pluto]

One has to always take published research with a grain of salt, as there will be studies drawing any and all possible conclusions about any given topic.

But I happen to resonate with this one. There's something vaguely absurd about taking people with sub-par quality of life and then pumping them full of drugs as a solution. At best, such a substance may have a very limited role in assisting with energy levels during a recovery, but even then it is unclear how effective this may be.

The situation reminds me of a 1931 dystopian novel called Brave New World by Aldous Huxley in which brainwashed citizens are kept peaceful via the constant consumption of a happiness-producing drug called Soma.

 

[DeepSlumber]

Present day Soma= sports culture, celebrity worship, cartoons, pop culture inanity, Twitter, Facebook, the thousand other platforms, porn. lottery tickets, food, booze, pot, etc. The real Soma would be Nembutal that tastes like an Orange Julius (remember those?). Society has any number of mind-numbing idiotic distractions. But none fulfill whatsoever. So they approve all these questionable substances for staggering profits. The gov't. and corporations are the biggest Mafia drug pushers in world history.

 

[zzzestyzoe]

X. Despite these studies and others doctors continue to lie to patients telling them they are always just depressed as a result of a lack of a chemical in their brain. Even though antidepressants work by increasing or decreasing x have similar results. Not saying it's sometimes something psychological rather it's always a lack of X in the brain. What a great time we live in.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172306/

I'm a frequent flyer to the mental health hospital industry. I've been diagnosed with almost every mental health disorder and yes I believe placebos is what gets me out bit I do get depressed still with and without any meds. I'm a dual diagnosed patient and I'm usually a long term stay. I think once you pass 51/50 and 52 /50. Wham you do take a vacation it automatically is always a longer stay due to your status….??? Anyhow some meds I can really feel working they work so good that I tell my doctor I'll never do anymore drugs again cause the one they have me ob makes me feel 100% high…. So that one got discontinued with me. After that I think I've only been prescribed placebos cause really nothing else had any kind of affect and honestly being on vacation so many times you learn to do and not to do to get back home.I guess you can say I've learned to beat their system but I'm honestly not trying to go on vacation when I get sad and depressed I really am trying to just let go of life. I've just had no luck in succession but practice does make perfect. I honestly don't believe in western medicines. I believe the human body has the capabilities to heal its self. Don't get me wrong cause sometimes some meds do help whether or not it's a placebo. But not to take daily for ever. I don't want my body and mind to depend on any substances. I'm already dual diagnosed meaning I have curricular activities that I'm involve in to heighten my severe depression and schizophrenia. Just being schizo is depressing all on its own. I really hate the fact that I can't tell when it's reality or fantasy. I have to ask and most of the time I will need a second or third opinion just so that I can be sure cause I honestly don't trust many people. My brain shows me or tells me things. So I really do hear things and see things even though it's my brain That fools me at the Time. How can anybody else beat that argument it's really crazy but I do know that my brain plays tricks on me cause I've recorded myself And got to look back to not see or hear baby thing like I did during the time it happened and that alone is so very depressing. Got any suggestions ob how to over come the power of one's own brain?

X. Despite these studies and others doctors continue to lie to patients telling them they are always just depressed as a result of a lack of a chemical in their brain. Even though antidepressants work by increasing or decreasing x have similar results. Not saying it's sometimes something psychological rather it's always a lack of X in the brain. What a great time we live in.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172306/

I've always been this way for as long as I can remember and honestly the learned to ignore it as well but sometimes when it comes back I can faintly hear it and when I experienced with other drugs they seem to make things more clearer or louder so that I can understand the message and sometimes it just thickens the plot. I want it to just go away. Staying off the street drugs does help it to diminish but it never really goes away 100%. I don't want to be crazy!!!! I don't want to see things and hear things that only I can hear or see! Why couldn't I just be normal or is this normal and society has made me believe that I'm alone on this rare journey???