Why Antidepressant Drugs Don't Work
Stress, depression and anxiety are the plagues of the modern
world. Every year, over 20 million people in the western world
will enter into an episode of major mental trauma. Most of them
will be treated with antidepressant drugs. But how effective are
these powerful meds at providing at providing sufferers with a
cure?
The reason why people who are suffering from stress, depression
or anxiety are prescribed these powerful medications is because
of the mistaken belief that chemical imbalances within the brain
are at the root cause. This is in fact not true. Chemical
imbalances are one of the symptoms of these illnesses.
Antidepressants are used to correct these imbalances. Therefore,
antidepressant drugs can only address one symptom and as they
don't address the root cause, there is a seventy percent chance
of relapse once a sufferer ceases taking the medication.
What's even more shocking is that the proof for the existence of
chemical imbalances within the brain is minimal. In a recent
interview with People Magazine (July 11), the president of the
American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Steven Sharstein is quoted
as saying "We do not have a clean-cut lab test for chemical
imbalances".
This begs the question: If these imbalances cannot be tested and
proven, why on earth are these drugs being prescribed? Clearly,
if a sufferer is to find a cure from the pain of these
widespread and ever-growing illnesses, a much more effective
treatment is needed, specifically, a treatment which treats the
root cause of these illnesses.
The root cause is due to flawed modes of thinking. This is
easily demonstrated. Two people can suffer the same traumatic
event in life, death of a loved one for example. One will enter
into a major depression, one won't. The only difference between
the two people lies in the way they have assigned meaning to the
event. This is the reason why not everyone who experiences
trauma develops stress, anxiety or depression.
The bottom line is that the only way to cure stress, depression
or anxiety is to treat the root cause. Antidepressant drugs
cannot do this. The only way to beat them is to replace flawed
modes of thining with more effective ones which strangle these
illnesses once and for all.
Any sufferers who are currently taking antidepressant
medications should NOT, under any circumstances, stop taking
these drugs before first consulting with a competent, qualified
medical practitioner who can provide proper advice and
supervision.