I guess I should clarify that they don’t do literally nothing, it’s that neither helps long-term. And yes, same as you, sometimes they have negative effects.
Medication-induced insomnia, plus dealing with a society of assholes every time I try to go on a bike ride, yay…
The thing people often forget about depression meds is that they’re really not meant to be a long term cure for depression. They should be used as an aid so that you can do stuff that does help long term, like therapy and mindfulness.
I get that therapy is out of some people’s reach, but there’s a lot of research supporting mindfulness as a depression treatment.
Psychiatry is basically throwing darts at a board and trying whatever it lands on until something works.
Although there is a metabolic test that can be done to tell which mental health drugs your body can metabolize the best. But there still no guarantee anything on your list will work.
Maybe that’s why they both do nothing for me
“It helps as much as medication” is not the same as “it helps the same people who are helped by medication”.
Ooh, science brainteaser: design one or more experiments that could be used to test this hypothesis
Yeah, I have severe (suicidal) depression and exercise doesn’t do shit for me. Sometimes it makes things worse even.
The meds have never worked lol
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There’s actually research showing that taking an NSAID after exercise can help improve recovery.
Don’t have much to add to this conversation, but I really hope things get better for you both.
u n me both lol
I guess I should clarify that they don’t do literally nothing, it’s that neither helps long-term. And yes, same as you, sometimes they have negative effects.
Medication-induced insomnia, plus dealing with a society of assholes every time I try to go on a bike ride, yay…
The thing people often forget about depression meds is that they’re really not meant to be a long term cure for depression. They should be used as an aid so that you can do stuff that does help long term, like therapy and mindfulness.
I get that therapy is out of some people’s reach, but there’s a lot of research supporting mindfulness as a depression treatment.
Have you tried this new, totally different 12th SSRI? /s
Sometimes it be like that.
Ask some women who went through the process of finding hormonal birth control that doesn’t suck.
Psychiatry is basically throwing darts at a board and trying whatever it lands on until something works.
Although there is a metabolic test that can be done to tell which mental health drugs your body can metabolize the best. But there still no guarantee anything on your list will work.