Well, I should have taken more anti-depressants. When I came across an article how anti-depressants have been shown to at least counteract the physical effects depression can have on your neurochemistry / wiring / etc, why I kept struggling with bouts of depression made more sense.
What I was really focused on was psychological understanding through the use of psychedelics. They certainly helped, along with the therapy, but a more judicious use of both treatments would perhaps been more efficacious. But... the crap they kept recommending to me was Effexor and I had read far too much on how problematic it was. A milder antidepressant like Wellbutrin would have been better, but I spoke to too many idiots... From an engineer's perspective, starting out with a sledgehammer instead of seeing if the rubber mallet might work first is stupid. And being treated like I was an idiot was ... bedside manner indeed.
So you're not entirely wrong, I am remembering what was discussed in the book Talking Back to Prozac, but what you said is very simplistic. Depression is a very complex issue and the individual themselves is a significant factor. Every instance of depression has to be handled like it is an unique case, there are no blanket solutions like blindly giving everyone a drug (or a variety of drugs like lab rats...)
What I was really focused on was psychological understanding through the use of psychedelics. They certainly helped, along with the therapy, but a more judicious use of both treatments would perhaps been more efficacious. But... the crap they kept recommending to me was Effexor and I had read far too much on how problematic it was. A milder antidepressant like Wellbutrin would have been better, but I spoke to too many idiots... From an engineer's perspective, starting out with a sledgehammer instead of seeing if the rubber mallet might work first is stupid. And being treated like I was an idiot was ... bedside manner indeed.
So you're not entirely wrong, I am remembering what was discussed in the book Talking Back to Prozac, but what you said is very simplistic. Depression is a very complex issue and the individual themselves is a significant factor. Every instance of depression has to be handled like it is an unique case, there are no blanket solutions like blindly giving everyone a drug (or a variety of drugs like lab rats...)