Antidepressents don't do jeebers for mild depression

[Atheist-Lite]

http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... -mild.html

Skip the docs with their snakeoil cures and go to the pub. The pub is were you'll find a genuine support group.

[Tero]

Yeah, I basically do not support a lot of them type of drugs. Pain, fine, other stuff in the head, not so great a solution.

I do have a bottle of xanax. I take it on plane trips, but have not started freaking out yet.

comments there

Other things that help the "mildly" depressed (it doesn't feel mild, it's just not the "classic" depression):

--religious faith, belonging to a warm and loving church, church suppers and discussion groups, particularly one that expects you to volunteer and do something to help others. (teaching Sunday school is good)
--getting outside in nature (cubicle life sucks)
--sunshine every day (no sunblock as this prevents Vitamin D absorption
--going away on holiday (escape horrible family, get more sun, escape cubicle)
--getting a dog (my kid, who was severely disturbed when young, got out of the hospital and ran to hug the family golden and said "You are the best psychiatrist ever...)

So where is our loving atheist community, in real life? Not to say you folks are not family, but...

[Cunt]

So where is our loving atheist community, in real life? Not to say you folks are not family, but...

Right fucking here, Tero!

[Tero]

So I have to go to one of them meets? I could just call up Godzilla, but that fire breathing, well, I am not sure what to expect...

[Cunt]

Why would you have to go to 'one of them meets'? Couldn't you just hire a prostitute where you are and have her (or him) hold up a monitor in front of their face with Rationalia on it?

[M]

I reckon they work for me and I don't consider myself a 'seriousl' case. Once my brand and dosage of drugs was right, I noticed I was much calmer and remain so.

[JOZeldenrust]

Like with many psychological problems, the symptoms of depression could well be caused by various very different causes. That's one of the big problems of psychology: many pathologies are only defined by their symptoms, not by the underlying mechanisms. Different types of depression may have totally unrelated causes, making medication an effective treatment for some, but not for other types of depression.

[Pappa]

I reckon they work for me and I don't consider myself a 'seriousl' case. Once my brand and dosage of drugs was right, I noticed I was much calmer and remain so.

It is also possible the effect could be psychosomatic.

[Robert_S]

I reckon they work for me and I don't consider myself a 'seriousl' case. Once my brand and dosage of drugs was right, I noticed I was much calmer and remain so.

It is also possible the effect could be psychosomatic.

Shush yoo!

[Ayaan]

Like with many psychological problems, the symptoms of depression could well be caused by various very different causes. That's one of the big problems of psychology: many pathologies are only defined by their symptoms, not by the underlying mechanisms. Different types of depression may have totally unrelated causes, making medication an effective treatment for some, but not for other types of depression.

I was thinking the same thing. Depression is expressed mentally, physically, and emotionally to varying degrees in different people and at different times, it is not hard to see how depression may have several different causes, so that can be treated by medication and some that can't.

[Atheist-Lite]

Placebos are so powerful that a depressent like a glass of wine or two can lift you out of feeling miserable.

[Trolldor]

Except no.

[DRSB]

Not for a severe depression.

For mild cases the same calming effect can be achieve via alternative means, one of the best is a gym membership.

This study came out at the end of 2009 already.

[Atheist-Lite]

Not for a severe depression.

For mild cases the same calming effect can be achieve via alternative means, one of the best is a gym membership.

This study came out at the end of 2009 already.

I think I'll take the placebos and leave the heavy lifting for more deserving cases.

[Trolldor]

Eurgh... the 'Gym Membership' is rubbish. It's regular exercise which releases endorphins, but that isn't a cure. It is one factor in effective management, on it's own it's useless. I've read those studies too.