RE: How to cure depression?
November 24, 2012 at 3:14 am
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2012 at 3:23 am by Aractus.)
(November 23, 2012 at 11:45 am)Faith No More Wrote: You are completely ignoring, however, clinical depression, which is the type that most benefits from anti-depressants. Read this for more info."Clinical Depression" - that's what my friend has. I disagree entirely that "Clinical Depression" is the type of depression that benefits most from pills.
And PS: As he hasn't been monitored by a psychiatrist for the last 15 years, he is - by definition alone - presently not receiving the correct professional care that he needs. "Clinical" Depression asserts that it needs to be treated by a physician qualified to treat it; yet he is treated by a general practitioner and not someone qualified to correctly diagnose and treat mental illness.
PPS: I've already proven to you why the anti-depressants do not help him in his individual case.
(November 23, 2012 at 12:17 pm)Shell B Wrote: Well, I have to object to the word cured here. No depression is cured, as there is no telling if it will pop up again. It is a recurring, potentially lifelong affliction.You've gone from one extreme to the other. My original assertion was in error - I made the correction: in most cases depression is curable.
You've gone to the extreme in saying that "no depression is cured". This simply is not true, I have friends and other acquaintances who have been through depression and come out of it. The cause of depression can be physical, it can be a reaction to substance abuse or certain medications, it can be due to an underactive thyroid, all of the physical causes can be cured readily just like Vitiligo can be cured in most cases (though I have a friend who's had it for about 6 years now and can't get rid of it).
