wild to me that people (including medical professionals) still refer to the monoamine hypothesis when discussing depression and antidepressants
“depression is caused by an imbalance of these neurotransmitters in your brain, and anti-depressants fix that. no I don’t have direct evidence of that imbalance being the cause. no I can’t explain why these medications that change the balance very quickly still take weeks to have any effect. no I can’t explain why many patients do not benefit from these at all. no I can’t explain why meds that should make the balance worse do not cause depressive symptoms. you just gotta trust me.”
reblogging this with the addition that antidepressants have not improved my depression but now im dependent on effexor and if i run out of it w/o getting more in time i end up in a crippling severe withdrawal and am two seconds away from killing myself because of the emotional crash and volatility.
so it literally has only resulted in me having another health problem. and yet I Am The Issue for getting dependent on RC opioids when i have severe debilitating chronic pain. But hey. Suboxone works great for my depression and pain. it's almost like depression is caused by suffering and when you alleviate suffering the depression gets better!



















