Gotta start w an important statement before diving deeper into this article: for SOME ppl, meds seem to work. Whether it’s a dulling effect, a numbness of symptoms, or a tool that allows us to do the rest of the work we need – to go on our healing journeys, there are many who take meds w some success.
All of that being said – I spend a LOT of time on this platform specifically, sharing how misleading the messages ABOUT Rx drugs are – on tv in ads, from what we’re often told by docs (& to be fair it’s bc of what they’re taught in med school).
When you’re fed 52 drug combos over 2.5 yrs of misery, & NONE of them “just work” like you’re told they will…like the commercials show…like the docs say: “you just need 4-6 wks to see if they ‘kick-in,’” I think you have the right to say pretty emphatically – these things most often don’t do what we’re told they do.
“OK, Eric – you’re just one person.” Bc my story has been out there pretty publicly since 2017, I get calls DAILY (often multiple), from suffering folks &/or their fam, who share w me – “I read your path & the drugs aren’t working for me either, what do I do?”
This article – on one of the lead researchers from that study released in July abt the fallacy of the “chemical imbalance theory,” is an important one. I shared excerpts from the article on the following slides➡️.
Even a researcher like him who doesn’t see the link…& has been failed by the drugs himself, acknowledges, abt 15% of ppl who take SSRIs see SOME form of symptom relief. But it’s symptom relief…& it’s some: it’s NOT a cure…it’s NOT a fix, like we are often sold it is.
With roughly 20% of Americans on antidepressants, it’s SO important this info gets out there. We often hear – well Americans have MH problems no diff than most other countries. Maybe so – but Americans are fed a narrative abt what “fixes” them WAY differently than most other countries. Healing takes work…not a cure in a bottle.
This msg will be suppressed bc it’s not what these platforms want out there for their advertisers. Any MAJOR papers pick this story up? Pls help share to save inform & save lives. Be there for each other.